Unsays is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Unsays in a sentence
Unsays meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of unsay
Using Unsays
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of unsay
Context around Unsays
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unsays
- In this selection, "unsays" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ultimately, thing and itself stand out and add context to how "unsays" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include project ultimately unsays as much and that thing unsays itself. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unsays" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unsays
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lethem’s revisionist project ultimately unsays as much as it says. (11 words)
As Matthiessen demonstrates, Ahab's first extended speech to the crew, in the "Quarter-Deck" (Ch.36), is "virtually blank verse, and can be printed as such": But look ye, Starbuck, what is said in heat, That thing unsays itself. (40 words)
As Matthiessen demonstrates, Ahab's first extended speech to the crew, in the "Quarter-Deck" (Ch.36), is "virtually blank verse, and can be printed as such": But look ye, Starbuck, what is said in heat, That thing unsays itself. (40 words)
Lethem’s revisionist project ultimately unsays as much as it says. (11 words)
Example sentences (2)
Lethem’s revisionist project ultimately unsays as much as it says.
As Matthiessen demonstrates, Ahab's first extended speech to the crew, in the "Quarter-Deck" (Ch.36), is "virtually blank verse, and can be printed as such": But look ye, Starbuck, what is said in heat, That thing unsays itself.