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What does disinvent mean?

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  1. To nullify a previous invention
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If we are too afraid to state our dreams – even to begin to sketch out possible futures – then we have begun to disinvent the greatest facility humans have: to invent better.
One cannot disinvent nuclear weapons any more than one can disinvent the longbow.
If I could disinvent alcohol and cannabis, I'd be tempted to do it.
Some have argued that we can never disinvent nuclear weapons and thus will have to live with them as long as civilization exists.
Participants were asked which innovation they'd most like to disinvent.
So, on the macro scale, why do we seem to spend so much of our time trying to disinvent, rather than integrate, the one thing that enables us to do this?

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