unaffect

English

Etymology

un- +‎ affect

Verb

unaffect (third-person singular simple present unaffects, present participle unaffecting, simple past and past participle unaffected)

  1. (nonstandard, proscribed, transitive) To not affect.
    • 2012, Christian Simpson, LOST YOUTH: LONDON, Volume 2
      He was just glad that I got through it all and that it seemed too unaffected me as I had turned out to be a good kid.
    • 2012, Christian Doutremepuich, Anticoagulation (page 82)
      In clinical studies carried out both on healthy volunteers or in patients, heparin and LMW heparins have repeatedely been repeted to enhance or to unaffect fibrinolysis.

Usage notes

  • An error by non-native speakers.
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