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unclassify

unclassify verb: to declassify.

Verb

unclassify (third-person singular simple present unclassifies, present participle unclassifying, simple past and past participle unclassified)

  1. To declassify.
    • This is in response to your request for my official opinion concerning whether an appointing authority can unclassify a position for use exclusively by a second appointing authority.1986, Opinions of the Attorneys-General of the State of Georgia, page 82
    • However, if both AFATDS and IFSAS are operating in the unclassified mode, IFSAS still must unclassify each message before sending it to AFATDS.2000, Field Artillery, page 37

Forms of unclassify

third-person singular presentunclassifies
present participleunclassifying
past participleunclassified
pastunclassified

Origin of unclassify

From un- + classify or possibly Back-formation from unclassified.

Questions about unclassify

What does unclassify mean?
Unclassify means to declassify.
What part of speech is unclassify?
Unclassify is a verb.
What is the past tense of unclassify?
The past tense of unclassify is unclassified.

Words near unclassify in the dictionary

  1. unclassifiably
  2. unclassification
  3. unclassifications
  4. unclassified
  5. unclassifies
  6. unclassify
  7. unclassifying
  8. unclassily
  9. unclassy
  10. unclaused
  11. unclawed

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