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Meaning of undesign | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To reverse or fail to implement a design; to design something in a way that deliberately rejects the conventions of designing.

Examples

“When not to design and when to undesign? When should we refuse to design something? Are there situations when the use of a particular technology, or even of any technology, is not beneficial?”
“If there is a design in these actions, it is to undesign—to provide supplies for recirculation and recontextualization in which a new meaning may be found.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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