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unretire en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + retire.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To leave retirement and return to work.
   • He unretired for 18 months because the company was willing to pay him well to mentor some new employees.
   • “It’s like all of a sudden you get to unretire and play in the N.B.A.,” Mr. Marin said. 2009 January 30, Dave Itzkoff, “Hey, Man. Where Have You Guys Been?”, in New York Times:
2. (transitive) To bring (something or someone) back from retirement.
   • We unretired this machine because one of our customers started reordering large volumes of a part that this machine can make super-efficiently.
   • So much for unretiring the printer in the attic that connects through what's called a parallel port. 2014, Edward C. Baig, Macs For Dummies:

Forms

Antonyms

re-retire · re-retire

Relateds

re-retirement · re-retiree · unretirement · unretiree

Synonyms

reinstate