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unchoose

unchoose verb: to not choose; choose against; deselect; reject.

Verb

unchoose (third-person singular simple present unchooses, present participle unchoosing, simple past unchose, past participle unchosen)

  1. (transitive) To not choose; choose against; deselect; reject.
    • At the point where a goal is perceived as too easy to be worth investment of effort, effort is reduced as we “unchoose” the goal.2006, Richard Allen Wainess, The Effect of Navigation Maps on Problem Solving Tasks
    • One glory of a family is you'd never choose your kin and can't unchoose your daddy's hazel eyes — no more than you could unchoose your hand.2010, Andrew Hudgins, American Rendering

Forms of unchoose

third-person singular presentunchooses
present participleunchoosing
pastunchose
past participleunchosen

Origin of unchoose

From un- + choose.

Questions about unchoose

What does unchoose mean?
Unchoose means to not choose; choose against; deselect; reject.
What part of speech is unchoose?
Unchoose is a verb.
What is the past tense of unchoose?
The past tense of unchoose is unchose.

Words near unchoose in the dictionary

  1. unchokes
  2. unchoking
  3. uncholeric
  4. unchondrified
  5. unchoosable
  6. unchoose
  7. unchooses
  8. unchoosing
  9. unchoppable
  10. unchopped
  11. unchoral

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