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decertified

decertified is the simple past and past participle of decertify.

Meaning of decertify

Verb

decertify (third-person singular simple present decertifies, present participle decertifying, simple past and past participle decertified)

  1. (transitive) To annul the certification of.
    • The American Medical Association (AMA) was formed in 1845 to gain for medical doctors a monopoly on legal licensure as health practitioners. The young AMA waged fierce (and quite successful) battles to de-certify the then-dominant natural healers — a range of herbalists, midwives, and homeopathic...1989 August 19, Bob Lederer, “Hiding Behind HIV”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 6, page 8
  2. (transitive, industrial relations) To annul a labor union.
    • As Sallas immediately said, the 130 scabs who so easily replaced the striking printers in '85 won't be foisted upon the union--to degrade it and possibly decertify it.1988 November 11, Michael Miner, “Strike Accord at the Tribune; Is the Sun-Times Next?”, in Chicago Reader

Questions about decertified

What is decertified the simple past and past participle of?
Decertified is the simple past and past participle of decertify.

Words near decertified in the dictionary

  1. decerptions
  2. decertation
  3. decertations
  4. decertification
  5. decertifications
  6. decertified
  7. decertifies
  8. decertify
  9. decertifying
  10. decession
  11. decessions

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