unhelp

verb, noun — 2 senses

unhelp

verb

Etymology From un- + help.

1

To undo or impede the help of.

When I was a child, I remember my mom busily preparing for a dinner party, saying, "If you are not going to help me, then at least don't unhelp me."2000, Mary Ann Froehlich, Peggysue Wells, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Say:
"No more help! I want you to unhelp me."2004, Alejna Brugos, Linnea Micciulla, Christine E. Smith, Proceedings of the 28th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Volume 2:

unhelp

noun

Etymology From Middle English unhelpe, equivalent to un- + help.

1

Lack or absence of help

But the unhelp, the disobedience!1950, Frank Kendon, Jacob & Thomas: Darkness, page 18:

Related terms: unhelpfulness

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