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+# unherit
+
+[![Build][build-badge]][build]
+[![Coverage][coverage-badge]][coverage]
+[![Downloads][downloads-badge]][downloads]
+[![Size][size-badge]][size]
+
+Create a custom constructor which can be modified without affecting the original
+class.
+
+## Install
+
+[npm][]:
+
+```sh
+npm install unherit
+```
+
+## Use
+
+```js
+var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
+var unherit = require('unherit')
+
+// Create a private class which acts just like `EventEmitter`.
+var Emitter = unherit(EventEmitter)
+
+Emitter.prototype.defaultMaxListeners = 0
+// Now, all instances of `Emitter` have no maximum listeners, without affecting
+// other `EventEmitter`s.
+
+new Emitter().defaultMaxListeners === 0 // => true
+new EventEmitter().defaultMaxListeners === undefined // => true
+new Emitter() instanceof EventEmitter // => true
+```
+
+## API
+
+### `unherit(Super)`
+
+Create a custom constructor which can be modified without affecting the original
+class.
+
+###### Parameters
+
+* `Super` (`Function`) — Super-class
+
+###### Returns
+
+`Function` — Constructor acting like `Super`, which can be modified without
+affecting the original class.
+
+## License
+
+[MIT][license] © [Titus Wormer][author]
+
+<!-- Definitions -->
+
+[build-badge]: https://img.shields.io/travis/wooorm/unherit.svg
+
+[build]: https://travis-ci.org/wooorm/unherit
+
+[coverage-badge]: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/wooorm/unherit.svg
+
+[coverage]: https://codecov.io/github/wooorm/unherit
+
+[downloads-badge]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/unherit.svg
+
+[downloads]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/unherit
+
+[size-badge]: https://img.shields.io/bundlephobia/minzip/unherit.svg
+
+[size]: https://bundlephobia.com/result?p=unherit
+
+[npm]: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install
+
+[license]: license
+
+[author]: https://wooorm.com