Home › Words › U › unmessunmessunmess means to tidy up (a mess).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, unmess ranks #10,256 of 42,791 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom un- + mess.verbTo tidy up (a mess).e.g.“He handed the mess over to that young man to unmess.” — 1956, Stephen G. Hust, "This is my own, my native land.", page 73:To resolve (a problematic situation).e.g.“Take out a pen and make a list, because the causes of Carol's problems with our board are also the emergencies you're going to unmess.” — 2010, Pickard, But I Wouldn't Want to Die There:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).