Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unalive
Participle: unalived
Gerund: unaliving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | unalive |
| you | unalive |
| he;she;it | unalives |
| we | unalive |
| you | unalive |
| they | unalive |
Perfect
| I | have unalived |
| you | have unalived |
| he;she;it | has unalived |
| we | have unalived |
| you | have unalived |
| they | have unalived |
Past
| I | unalived |
| you | unalived |
| he;she;it | unalived |
| we | unalived |
| you | unalived |
| they | unalived |
Pluperfect
| I | had unalived |
| you | had unalived |
| he;she;it | had unalived |
| we | had unalived |
| you | had unalived |
| they | had unalived |
Future
| I | will unalive |
| you | will unalive |
| he;she;it | will unalive |
| we | will unalive |
| you | will unalive |
| they | will unalive |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unalived |
| you | will have unalived |
| he;she;it | will have unalived |
| we | will have unalived |
| you | will have unalived |
| they | will have unalived |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unalive |
| you | unalive |
| he;she;it | unalive |
| we | unalive |
| you | unalive |
| they | unalive |
Perfect
| I | have unalived |
| you | have unalived |
| he;she;it | have unalived |
| we | have unalived |
| you | have unalived |
| they | have unalived |
Imperfect
| I | unalived |
| you | unalived |
| he;she;it | unalived |
| we | unalived |
| you | unalived |
| they | unalived |
Pluperfect
| I | had unalived |
| you | had unalived |
| he;she;it | had unalived |
| we | had unalived |
| you | had unalived |
| they | had unalived |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unalive |
| you | would unalive |
| he;she;it | would unalive |
| we | would unalive |
| you | would unalive |
| they | would unalive |
Perfect
| I | would have unalived |
| you | would have unalived |
| he;she;it | would have unalived |
| we | would have unalived |
| you | would have unalived |
| they | would have unalived |
Imperative
| you | unalive |
| we | Let's unalive |
| you | unalive |
Verbs conjugated like 'unalive'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unalive'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From un- + alive. Internet usage originates from circumventing social media algorithms that were believed to penalise the use of the words related to death, especially “die”, “kill”, and “suicide”.
2. According to linguist Adam Aleksic, the word in the verb sense of “die, kill” first appeared in a 2013 episode of Ultimate Spider-Man, exploding in usage after a few viral videos in early 2021 popularized it. Since early 2022, unalive has become very widespread even outside Internet usage contexts, especially among adolescents. Aleksic argues that the word unalive has gained so much popularity because of a time-invariant tendency to refer to death by euphemism; compare the word die’s displacement of swelt, or the use of pass away.
Verbs referencing "unalive"
Spanish
desvivir.
Sample Sentences
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Jeffrey Epstein is thought to have unalived himself, but Tucker Carlson calls this position into question.
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He “unalives” bad guys, sometimes for free, and this gives him a sense of purpose, even in an absurd world. [2017, Nicolas Michaud, Jacob Thomas May, Deadpool and Philosophy: My Common Sense Is Tingling:]
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Or does anyone know how to stop Broly without unaliving him? [2017, Margaret Newmeli, Another Dimension: The Ultimate Amalgam, page 160:]
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"We are going to 'unalive' them once again,” said Yukt laughing and the men looked at him like he was crazy. [2019, Aman K Singh, The Deserters: The Curse Bearer, page 237:]
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Sharing just how awkward she felt, Rara, who also has her own YouTube channel, joked she wanted to "unalive" herself. [2021 May 18, Katie Storey, “Woman mortified after her old school teacher follows her on OnlyFans… and says she was always ‘something special’”, in The Sun:]
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Bro, I was sticking up for you. You better top your coolant up or you're gonna unalive your engine. [2024 December 9, Colin O'Donnell, “Episode 6497” (0:09:32 from the start), in Hollyoaks, spoken by Freddie Roscoe (Charlie Clapham), Channel 4:]
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I'm really sorry, but I have to un-alive you and stuff. [2025 March 30, Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, and Chris Galletta, A Minecraft Movie, spoken by General Chungus (Jarad Hess):]
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Carl sighs, and ironically wishes to unalive out loud. [2020, F. H. Fischer, The Second Daughter's Darkness, page 90:]