How about an-, as in

ANTIPHONIES - There's no NYC jewelry store any more! Now where are we going to have breakfast?

People mistakenly thought inflammable was wither not burnable or only slightly burnable, so techies avoid using it to avoid problems. it used to be on all the gasoline trucks until a few years ago when it changed.

ANACONDA - in Boston, without a raptor

indecent: placed properly

Oh....and here I thought indecent was in the state of falling.

One night I said to my wife, "You're indecent."
She said, "Yes, but for once you're in decent, too."

degrade: level a hill

DISBARRED - removed the works of Shakespeare

Let me rephrse that: When a lawyer has been prohibited from not only practicing law but also from quoting Shakespeare, then he has been well and truly DISBARRED.

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DELETE - the language of the internet.

celibate; what priests do at a birthday party.

cellfie: self-shot prison mugshot.

cellfee: an exorbitant prison rental agreement

SELLFEE - agio

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celibate; what priests do at a birthday party.

Also,
CELIBATE - what the entrepreneur did to the fisherman

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CELIBATE - what the entrepreneur did to the fisherman

What the Chinese entrepreneur...

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CELIBATE - what the entrepreneur did to the fisherman

What the Chinese entrepreneur...

I thought if anything it-a would be an Italian entrepreneur...

DISSENTION - to be of two minds (pronounced "di-sentient")

Cf Kalleh's recent post on Community Forum: "Age of Miss America correlates with Murders by Steam, Hot Vapours, and Hot Objects"-- a correlation not only spurious by DISINGENUOUS

dispenser: To make fun of a deceased poet.

define: make coarser
illegal: a sick predator
research: look again
undeterred: an unwelcome accident
unprincipled: a school without a leader
unapproachable: some New Jersey bridges
abnormal: regular muscles
appropriate: steal a Smartphone
community: inoculated against Marxism

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semiconductor: boss on a tractor-trailer
biplane: flies both ways

Dispersion - against Iranians

Distinct - air freshener

An abacus maker is counter progressive.

DISSOLVE - Andrew Wiles' vaunted proof of Fermat's Last Theorem has been shown to be fatally flawed

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DISSOVE - Andrew Wiles' vaunted proof of Fermat's Last Theorem has been shown to be fatally flawed

Where the 'ell is the 'l'?

Yep - you found it before I did. That's the reason you're the Proofreader !

unbalanced: what happens when your wife reconciles the checkbook.

UNILEVER - one-half of a pair of scissors

unisex: masturbation
unkempt: to close the tents and leave

tenet: how many dined?
intense: where did they sleep?
forego: how many have gone?
transit; what's the most uncomfortable position after a sex change operation?
DC: where did ships go down to?

deceased:resumed operations

Nah - DECEASED is "Made it simpler for the tenth time."

Or it could be "resurrected."

Yes, but with "dec" it's still "brought back for the tenth time"...

degrade: Move to a lower class in school
devolve: What controls de steam?

déclassé: Moved to a lower grade in school.

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déclassé:

déclassé: frumpier

DELEGATE - to expel a diplomat

DEBUT - to withdraw an objection

EXEMPLIFY - to turn down the volume

EXCESS - the efflux fro the sewer treatment plant

EXACTING - exeunt, for the last time

EX POST FACTO - to tear down a fence

EXCELLiNG - now independently wealthy, and quit the retail job

deform: what determines how you look in de bathing suit?

unfounded: a lost child
underfund: reduce play time

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REGRET - past participle, said hello for the second time

REGALE - another windstorm, right after the first one

belabor: If you not be management, what do you be?
homophone: a gay communication device.

BELABOR - second-tier workforce

HOMOPHONE - what E.T. did when the movie played in Rome

RETIRE - After I quit working for a living I'm going to be weary all over again?

undercurrent: name a fruit found at the bottom of the bowl.

INTERFERE - I just buried all my phobias!

buoy: opposite of guirl

AGORAPHOBIA - the bane of bacteriologists: morbid fear of growth culture medium

Do you really have all those phobias?
I'm afraid so.