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unacquiring

unacquiring is the present participle and gerund of unacquire.

Meaning of unacquire

Verb

unacquire (third-person singular simple present unacquires, present participle unacquiring, simple past and past participle unacquired)

  1. (transitive) To lose or get rid of; reverse the possession or acquisition of; unget
    • If you forget to unacquire the input devices you've been using, when your game ends those devices may still be locked by the system and may be unable to be used.2011, Allen Sherrod, Wendy Jones, Beginning DirectX 11 Game Programming - Page 197

Questions about unacquiring

What is unacquiring the present participle and gerund of?
Unacquiring is the present participle and gerund of unacquire.

Words near unacquiring in the dictionary

  1. unacquiescent
  2. unacquirable
  3. unacquire
  4. unacquired
  5. unacquires
  6. unacquiring
  7. unacquisitive
  8. unacquisitiveness
  9. unacquittable
  10. unacquitted
  11. unacrimonious

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