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uncapitalizing

uncapitalizing is the present participle and gerund of uncapitalize.

Meaning of uncapitalize

Verb

uncapitalize (third-person singular simple present uncapitalizes, present participle uncapitalizing, simple past and past participle uncapitalized)

  1. (transitive) To convert the first letter (or more) of (something) from uppercase to lowercase; to make uncapitalized.
    • The easy way to uncapitalize text is to highlight it and press Shift+F32004, Stanley Zarowin, “A Quick Way to Capitalize and Uncapitalize”, in Journal of Accountancy
    Synonyms:
    decapitalize

Questions about uncapitalizing

What is uncapitalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Uncapitalizing is the present participle and gerund of uncapitalize.

Words near uncapitalizing in the dictionary

  1. uncapitalizable
  2. uncapitalization
  3. uncapitalize
  4. uncapitalized
  5. uncapitalizes
  6. uncapitalizing
  7. uncapitulated
  8. uncapitulating
  9. uncaponized
  10. uncappable
  11. uncapped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncapitalizing (page history and authors); uncapitalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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