unburn

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unburn

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From un- + burn.

verb unburns · unburning · unburned

intransitive To undergo the process of burning in reverse. Similarly, you cannot 'unstir' the sugar from a cup of coffee once it has been dissolved, and you never see a pile of ash in the fireplace 'unburn' to become a log of wood again.

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@misc{unburn_2026,
  title = {unburn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unburn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}