unclassify en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + classify or possibly Back-formation from unclassified.
Meanings
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To declassify.
He claims they don't have anything to unclassify.
2004, Neil Mavis, Deorbit the Space Shuttle: Stem Cell Rescue, page 152: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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unclassifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unclassifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unclassified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unclassified | Tense=Past | lexicographic |