Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deprive of sweetness; make unsweet.
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- verb transitive To
remove orlower thesweetness .
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Examples
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The first box we add to the instant packets to "unsweeten" them.
Hints From Heloise washingtonpost.com 2010
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All the powders of Gregory cannot unsweeten this little hand ....
Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 Various 1876
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A man who may be called at a moment's warning into the fragrant boudoir of suffering loveliness should not unsweeten its atmosphere with reminiscences of extinguished meerschaums.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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A man who may be called at a moment's warning into the fragrant boudoir of suffering loveliness should not unsweeten its atmosphere with reminiscences of extinguished meerschaums.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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