Definitions

1. verb

to remove or cancel the prime status of something, especially a prime number, or to make something no longer prime.

“The mathematician had to unprime the number to use it in the new equation.”

2. verb

to remove the prime status from something, especially a software or a system.

“The company had to unprime the old system to install the new update.”

3. noun

the act of removing or canceling the prime status of something.

“The process of unpriming the number took several hours.”