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Definition of unhappen in English: unhappenverbʌnˈhap(ə)nˌənˈhapən [no object]1(of an occurrence) become as though never having happened; be reversed. things had happened that could never unhappen Example sentencesExamples - But her blissful countenance made every bad thing unhappen.
- The truth of the proposition is based on the fact that there has been a case of my going to Athens, and - whatever happens from now on - this cannot unhappen.
- To paraphrase P.J. O'Rourke, unapproved interactions unhappen in Pyongyang.
- 1.1with object Cause (something) not to have happened.
you can't unhappen it just by saying we won't speak of it again Example sentencesExamples - I went to see a lovely Irish padre, who said: ‘If you can't unhappen it, don't worry about it.’
Definition of unhappen in US English: unhappenverbˌənˈhapən [no object]1(of an occurrence) become as though never having happened; be reversed. things had happened that could never unhappen Example sentencesExamples - To paraphrase P.J. O'Rourke, unapproved interactions unhappen in Pyongyang.
- The truth of the proposition is based on the fact that there has been a case of my going to Athens, and - whatever happens from now on - this cannot unhappen.
- But her blissful countenance made every bad thing unhappen.
- 1.1with object Cause (something) not to have happened.
you can't unhappen it just by saying we won't speak of it again Example sentencesExamples - I went to see a lovely Irish padre, who said: ‘If you can't unhappen it, don't worry about it.’
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