unsex Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb deprive of sex or sexual powers
  2. verb remove the qualities typical of one's sex
    • She unsexed herself
  3. verb make infertile
    sterilise; desex; desexualise; sterilize; desexualize; fix.
    • in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized

WordNet

Un*sex" transitive verb
Etymology
1st pref. un- + sex.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Unsexed ; present participle & verbal noun Unsexing
Definitions
  1. To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, to unsex a woman.

Webster 1913