• Unspoil

    Origin

    - + un + spoil

    Full definition of unspoil

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To make less spoiled.
      • 2007, Molly Gloss, The Hearts of Horses, Houghton Mifflin Company (2007), , unnumbered page:The week before, watching her work, Logerwell had called out to her, "I can tell you right now, if you mollycoddle a horse he'll turn out spoilt, and I've had to unspoil plenty of horses that've been girl-broke.
      • 2007, Donald Trump & Bill Zanker, Think Big: Make It Happen in Business and Life, HarperCollins (2007), , page 155:A few negative people can ruin an entire office environment, which shows you how powerful negativity is. It is so bad, even positive workers can't “unspoil” it.
      • 2011, Jane Douch, From Pamela Jane with Some Honor, Strategic Book Group (2011), , page 32:As John grew into a toddler he was quite spoilt, so I took the serious responsibility of unspoiling him.

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