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unbundled

(un·BUN·dulled) adj. 1. Removed from a collective offering of products or services, either as a result of the disastrous effects it had on the perceived value of the bundle, or due to research indicating that support costs for the item exceed the revenue for the entire bundle. 2. Descriptive of a product or service required for use of another product with which it was formerly included, but which fetches a multiple of its prorated value when required as a separate component.

unspun

(un·SPUN) adj. 1. Stripped of false meaning or decoration; revealed for itself, e.g. the air inside an empty gift box. 2. Devoid of propaganda or forced interpretation; unlikely to be of interest to anyone.

upgradation

(up·gruh·DAY·shun) v. 1. The process of adding new features to software to insure that it operates at precisely half of its current efficiency on hardware with twice the current power. 2. The process of accelerating the natural decay of a product or service by continually improving it.

upspin

(UP·spin) v. The act of applying cosmetics to that which consists of pure makeup. n. Measure of the innate capacity of factual excrement to resemble a foodstuff.