Is untreat a real word? DD's teacher thinks it is...

[Scootergrrrl]

Grammar test - add `un' to words and cross out the ones which aren't proper words. DD and I decided to cross out untreat which is apparently wrong. Is it a real word? I don't think it is! And if it isn't, shall I go and ask the teacher about it?

Mistreat is a word. I'd leave it though, life's too short to fall out with a teacher.

or you could have untreated, as in 'If the disease is left untreated...'

I get "brainfail" when preparing worksheets...

Ask her to provide and example of its use.

(Or if you are feeling mean, ask the Headteacher.)

an grr

untreat is not a word! what the fuck would it mean?!

untreated, yes, but that's a passive past tense.

untreat no, untreated yes. I am racking my brains to think where you would use untreat. "I will untreat myself and have an apple not that box of chocs!" no does not work.

If you can use untreated as a passive past tense, you should be able to put it in the present tense, so untreat exists in theory, never heard it used though.

Ok, untreated is an adjective, so no, it can't be changed to untreat.

adjective, thank you!
(completely forgot the word)

Must be that sort of week.

DD came home with a list of 'Words and their opposites' to be formed by adding in or im in front. It included 'migrate'. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't make 'immigrate' the opposite of 'migrate'!

I suspect DD's teacher already hates her for correcting her spellings and pronunciation (oh, and definitions) fairly routinely...

migrate is moving from one country to another.
so you need a word that means moving back from that country to the first country!

i used to do that.
i'll be encouraging dd to do the same

No

Ermmm... 'forced repatriation', perhaps? Deportation?

Don't get me started on 'flammable', Nickel. (Mind you, I feel there's more excuse for that one.)

Perhaps the teacher is getting mixed up with "entreat"?