unstreamline

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ streamline.

Verb

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unstreamline (third-person singular simple present unstreamlines, present participle unstreamlining, simple past and past participle unstreamlined)

  1. (transitive) To make unstreamlined
    • 1947, The Twentieth Century, volumes 140-141, page 23:
      Whether, or how soon, the production side of the book trade will be able or willing to unstreamline itself remains to be seen.
    • 1953, Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner, The Autocar:
      A further point; on top of the motif one is now expected to add a very unsightly bug deflector in order to unstreamline that which has already been streamlined.
    • 1987, Gary North, The pirate economy, page 149:
      Let's unstreamline government.
    • 1993, Nuclear Power Licensing Reform:
      The question is: Are those the kinds of issues which are best dealt with in a formal hearing taking into account that each time you set up a condition like that, you slightly unstreamline the process?