unmade

verb

Definition of unmadenext
past tense of unmake
as in deposed
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) a movie studio chief who likes to boast that he can unmake any star in Hollywood if he wishes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmade
  1. deposed
  2. sacked
  3. toppled
  4. dismissed
  5. deprived
Verb
  • After Iran’s last monarch was deposed in 1979, various paramilitary groups that helped hasten his downfall coalesced into the IRGC.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • One of his sons hid the gem in the crack of his cell wall before he was blinded and deposed.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of deposed
Verb
  • Mendoza was sacked once and took several other hits playing against Houston’s second-string defense.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Frank, sacked by Spurs last season, was part of the BBC’s World Cup coverage over the summer.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of sacked
Verb
  • Indeed, Italian Fascism toppled at the end of the Second World War.
    — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The designation remained throughout the rule of his son Bashar al-Assad, who was toppled by rebels led by current President Ahmed al-Sharaa in December 2024.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of toppled
Verb
  • Fedorov, a popular minister credited with modernizing Ukraine’s armed forces and accelerating the military’s embrace of technology and drone warfare, was dismissed last month after reportedly falling out with the country’s top military commander.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Gonzalez Rogers initially dismissed the case, though the Supreme Court later took it up and ruled that consumers could sue the company.
    — Jeffrey Kopp, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • Even if they are deprived testosterone by their transition, that’s only part of the story.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That means that the people are deprived not only of their capacity to act, but also of their capacity to think and to judge.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of deprived
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“Unmade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmade. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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