unmess
English
Etymology
un- + mess
Verb
unmess (third-person singular simple present unmesses, present participle unmessing, simple past and past participle unmessed)
- (transitive) To tidy up (a mess).
- 1956, Stephen G. Hust, "This is my own, my native land." (page 73)
- He handed the mess over to that young man to unmess.
- 1956, Stephen G. Hust, "This is my own, my native land." (page 73)
- (transitive) To resolve (a problematic situation).
- 2010, Pickard, But I Wouldn't Want to Die There
- Take out a pen and make a list, because the causes of Carol's problems with our board are also the emergencies you're going to unmess.
- 2010, Pickard, But I Wouldn't Want to Die There