unaccumulate

English

Etymology

un- + accumulate

Verb

unaccumulate (third-person singular simple present unaccumulates, present participle unaccumulating, simple past and past participle unaccumulated)

  1. To get rid of something previously accumulated.
    • 2015, Arthur Fanning, The Comprehension of the Holy Spirit within the Human Condition:
      Now, this accumulation thing that people are going through — you accumulate — you're going to find out it's very difficult now to unaccumulate, unaccumulate.
    • 2020, David Grayson, Great Possessions, page 101:
      “You cannot imagine,” she was saying, “what a joy it has been to unaccumulate! To get rid of things! To select.”
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