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unadopt

unadopt verb: to give up (someone or something previously adopted).

Verb

unadopt (third-person singular simple present unadopts, present participle unadopting, simple past and past participle unadopted)

  1. (transitive) To give up (someone or something previously adopted).
    • Persons holding to a view that allows for one to be unadopted must confront another major theological hurdle. Why would God choose before the foundation of the world to adopt someone He knew He would eventually have to unadopt?1990, Charles F. Stanley, Eternal Security, page 35
    • She told us that she wanted to 'unadopt' Chandi. I explained to her that although our firm does not practice adoption law, I know that an adoption is like a live birth. It can't be undone, assuming the adoption was done properly.2014, D. W. Duke, The Duke Legacy, page 268

Forms of unadopt

third-person singular presentunadopts
present participleunadopting
past participleunadopted
pastunadopted

Origin of unadopt

From un- + adopt.

Questions about unadopt

What does unadopt mean?
Unadopt means to give up (someone or something previously adopted).
What part of speech is unadopt?
Unadopt is a verb.
What is the past tense of unadopt?
The past tense of unadopt is unadopted.

Words near unadopt in the dictionary

  1. unadmittedly
  2. unadmitting
  3. unadmixed
  4. unadmonished
  5. unadon
  6. unadopt
  7. unadoptable
  8. unadopted
  9. unadopted road
  10. unadopted roads
  11. unadopting

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