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unincorporate en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + incorporate.

Meanings

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

Forms

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more unincorporate Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unincorporate Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

incorporate · incorporated

Synonyms

unincorporated

unincorporate en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + incorporate.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

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unincorporated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unincorporated Tense=Past lexicographic
unincorporating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unincorporates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

dissolve