unmatev.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmeɪt/, U.S. /ˌənˈmeɪt/ 1. transitive. To cause to be no longer mated; to deprive of a mate; (also) to reject as a mate. Also intransitive: to become no longer mated.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > not to suit [verb (transitive)] > make unsuitable > mismatch
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1810 J. Kennedy Glenochel II. 69 As some fond turtle in the groves, Where its columbine loves began, O'er bough, and bower, and boscage roves, Unmated by the arts of man.
1880 T. Tilton Thou & I 26 There is a love that, soon or late, Turns first to anger, then to hate, Until the heart unmates its mate And cuts the cord in two.
1912 Nation 14 Mar. 261/1 Legal freedom to mate and unmate at will is not quite enough; what she still asks is social approval of such freedom.
2011 L. Leigh Navarro's Promise xii. 223 I hear a Breed has mated a human, and has now unmated her.
2. transitive. To separate or disconnect (what had been connected or joined). Cf. mate v.3 6.
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1911 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 172 61 The electric arc furnace..enables us..to break most and probably all of those chemical bonds, that is, to unmate the elements, and..to compel them to recombine.
1952 Pop. Sci. July 74 (caption) To unmate road and flight units, you first release two clamps.
1973 Microelectronics & Reliability 12 479/1 It is bad practice to continuously mate and unmate connectors carrying significant levels of power.
2004 J. R. Barnes Robust Electronic Design Ref. Bk. I. xiv. 14-15 Contact lubricants reduce the friction between contacts, making it easier to mate and unmate connectors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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