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unincorporate

unincorporate verb: to undo or remove the incorporation of.

Verb

unincorporate (third-person singular simple present unincorporates, present participle unincorporating, simple past and past participle unincorporated)

  1. To undo or remove the incorporation of.
    • And if you are already incorporated, you may want to investigate the possibility of unincorporating, or at least electing subchapter S tax status for your business operations.1987, Paul N. Strassels, The 1986 Tax Reform Act: Making It Work for You
    • Unincorporating doesn't trigger a pension break in this situation: A doctor liquidated his corporation and terminated its pension coverage, taking lump-sum payout. But he continued practicing as a sole proprietor at the same address ...1992, The Kiplinger Tax Letter
  2. To not incorporate.
    • There are consistent semantic differences between incorporating and unincorporating structures, [...]1996, Maura Velázquez-Castillo, The Grammar of Possession, →ISBN, page 104

Adjective

unincorporate (comparative more unincorporate, superlative most unincorporate)

  1. (postpositional, sometimes) Not incorporated.
    • bodies corporate or unincorporate
    Synonyms:
    unincorporated

Synonyms of unincorporate

Antonyms

Forms of unincorporate

Verb
third-person singular presentunincorporates
present participleunincorporating
past participleunincorporated
pastunincorporated
Adjective
comparativemore unincorporate
superlativemost unincorporate

Origin of unincorporate

From un- + incorporate.

Questions about unincorporate

What does unincorporate mean?
Unincorporate means to undo or remove the incorporation of.
What part of speech is unincorporate?
Unincorporate can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of unincorporate?
The past tense of unincorporate is unincorporated.

Words near unincorporate in the dictionary

  1. unincluding
  2. uninclusive
  3. uninclusiveness
  4. uninconvenienced
  5. unincoporated place
  6. unincorporate
  7. unincorporated
  8. unincorporated communities
  9. unincorporated community
  10. Unincorporated Far West
  11. unincorporated place

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