unspoil

English

Etymology

un- +‎ spoil

Verb

unspoil (third-person singular simple present unspoils, present participle unspoiling, simple past and past participle unspoiled or unspoilt)

  1. (transitive) To make less spoiled.
    • 2007, Molly Gloss, The Hearts of Horses‎, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN:
      The week before, watching her work, Logerwell had called out to her, "I can tell you right now, if you mollycoddle a horse he'll turn out spoilt, and I've had to unspoil plenty of horses that've been girl-broke. […]
    • 2007, Donald Trump, Bill Zanker, Think Big: Make It Happen in Business and Life, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 155:
      A few negative people can ruin an entire office environment, which shows you how powerful negativity is. It is so bad, even positive workers can't “unspoil” it.
    • 2011, Jane Douch, From Pamela Jane with Some Honor, Strategic Book Group, →ISBN, page 32:
      As John grew into a toddler he was quite spoilt, so I took the serious responsibility of unspoiling him.

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