Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unstay
Participle: unstayed
Gerund: unstaying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | unstay |
| you | unstay |
| he;she;it | unstays |
| we | unstay |
| you | unstay |
| they | unstay |
Perfect
| I | have unstayed |
| you | have unstayed |
| he;she;it | has unstayed |
| we | have unstayed |
| you | have unstayed |
| they | have unstayed |
Past
| I | unstayed |
| you | unstayed |
| he;she;it | unstayed |
| we | unstayed |
| you | unstayed |
| they | unstayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had unstayed |
| you | had unstayed |
| he;she;it | had unstayed |
| we | had unstayed |
| you | had unstayed |
| they | had unstayed |
Future
| I | will unstay |
| you | will unstay |
| he;she;it | will unstay |
| we | will unstay |
| you | will unstay |
| they | will unstay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unstayed |
| you | will have unstayed |
| he;she;it | will have unstayed |
| we | will have unstayed |
| you | will have unstayed |
| they | will have unstayed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unstay |
| you | unstay |
| he;she;it | unstay |
| we | unstay |
| you | unstay |
| they | unstay |
Perfect
| I | have unstayed |
| you | have unstayed |
| he;she;it | have unstayed |
| we | have unstayed |
| you | have unstayed |
| they | have unstayed |
Imperfect
| I | unstayed |
| you | unstayed |
| he;she;it | unstayed |
| we | unstayed |
| you | unstayed |
| they | unstayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had unstayed |
| you | had unstayed |
| he;she;it | had unstayed |
| we | had unstayed |
| you | had unstayed |
| they | had unstayed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unstay |
| you | would unstay |
| he;she;it | would unstay |
| we | would unstay |
| you | would unstay |
| they | would unstay |
Perfect
| I | would have unstayed |
| you | would have unstayed |
| he;she;it | would have unstayed |
| we | would have unstayed |
| you | would have unstayed |
| they | would have unstayed |
Imperative
| you | unstay |
| we | Let's unstay |
| you | unstay |
Verbs conjugated like 'unstay'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unstay'
unsay,
unstar,
upstay,
bestay,
instal,
instar,
outstay,
stay,
unbay,
ungay,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From un- + stay.
Sample Sentences
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He plays with the late Watts-Dunton and gets good fun out of it; he rips open the sham, unstays the imperfect, sonnet ; he tackles all fretters of the great English instrument and worries them all, yet with a fine sanity. [1918, Ford Madox Ford, The English review:]
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"[...] And true it is that the life of man is in the hands of God; and the state of kingdoms doth also belong to Him, to stay or to unstay them." All men had clearly foreseen that Edward's death would beget the evils of a disputed succession. [1967, John Nichols, The Gentleman's magazine:]
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Staying on a mount that is trying to unstay you is a historic procedure of the livestock business. [2005, Ivan Doig, English Creek:]