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unhiring

unhiring is the present participle and gerund of unhire.

Meaning of unhire

Verb

unhire (third-person singular simple present unhires, present participle unhiring, simple past and past participle unhired)

  1. (euphemistic, transitive) To fire; to terminate the employment of (somebody previously hired).
    Synonyms:
    decruit, dehire, let go

Questions about unhiring

What is unhiring the present participle and gerund of?
Unhiring is the present participle and gerund of unhire.

Words near unhiring in the dictionary

  1. unhire
  2. unhireable
  3. unhireables
  4. unhired
  5. unhires
  6. unhiring
  7. unhirsute
  8. unhissed
  9. unhistoric
  10. unhistorical
  11. unhistorically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unhiring (page history and authors); unhire (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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