The word "unclog" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the removal of an obstruction from a pipe, drain, or other passage, or to figuratively describe the removal of a problem or obstacle. Example Sentence: After unclogging the sink, I was able to finish the dishes.
Who better to unclog sewers or suck up nuclear waste than these remarkable machines?
The clearing of slums is part of its effort to unclog the city and spur the economy.
In recent months countries including China, France and Britain have pledged stimulus money for trains, and on April 16th Barack Obama outlined plans for an extra $13 billion to fund rail infrastructure to unclog America's airports and highways.But the richest pickings are undoubtedly to be found in the Gulf.
All of these projects were promoted with a similar rationale: better, faster public transport will make commuters' lives easier and unclog the roads.Turning drivers into public-transport passengers is not an impossible goal.
Higher road taxes, heavy imposts on lorries, charges for driving in congested areas, better public transport and new technology to unclog the roads are all valuable parts of the traffic manager's arsenal.
Its governor, Duvvuri Subbarao, had interrupted his weekend to lower its "repo rate"—the rate at which it lends to banks—from 8% to 7.5%, having cut it from 9% to 8% only 12 days before (see chart).The rate cut was accompanied by other measures to unclog India's banking system, which is becoming as congested as its city streets.
The Arabian peninsula's first urban railway looks swell, it may unclog the roads and should be a welcome convenience to the ordinary folk who cater to Dubai's plushily motorised elite.And yet Dubai's economy is still stalled on the tracks.
(Totting up the handwritten names on 30m-plus ballots is a laborious process, prone to manipulation).Mrs Arroyo's coalition, Team Unity, wants a strong mandate to unclog the corridors of power by changing the constitution to replace presidential rule with parliamentary government.
Mr Draghi and his fellow policymakers should concentrate on three cures.The first is to unclog the lending channels.
But the Treasury's reluctance to earmark specific taxes for specific purposes prevents ministers from making a similar bargain.In the absence of both road pricing and a serious programme of road building, it is not clear how ministers plan to unclog the roads.
And it needs to unclog the energy sector: India's new power stations are worth little without enough domestic coal and gas to feed them.Such reforms would benefit all Indians and all areas of the economy.
