What does unput mean?
Unput means undone or apart; in a state of disarray.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
undone or apart; in a state of disarray.
I really don't know how it is that my clothes always manage to come unput. Other girls look as smart and neat as a new pin all the time; my dresses and overalls get on one side immediately; all my buttons come undone […]
Nevertheless, here it all was, cast, pressed and spun, with plastic handles, wooden handles or metal handles, warranted by optimistic manufacturers never to get too hot, and never to come unput.
I saw the solid world come unput at our feet. I didn't see the logic: how you would leave behind friends, family, a fixed address, even your books, until one tactful line in the Hatched-Matched-and-Despatched: Died Suddenly.
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Unput means undone or apart; in a state of disarray.
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I really don't know how it is that my clothes always manage to come unput. Other girls look as smart and neat as a new pin all the time; my dresses and overalls get on one side immediately; all my buttons come undone […]
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