unmean adjective 1verb 1forms 5 adjective1 •(rare) Not mean (all senses).The Age of Innocence is based on an Edith Wharton novel and set in the very unmean streets of upper-crust New York, circa 1870. — 1999 verb1 •(rare) To reverse, cancel, or negate what was intentionally communicated.The play works to unmean meaning by a double dislocation. It uses expectation to undermine expectation both of everyday 'reality' and of theatrical genre. — 2007 formsunmeant · unmeaning · unmeans · more unmean · most unmean