disemploy

D2I1S1E1M3P3L1O1Y4

verb

To deprive of employment.

Opposite
employreemploy
OriginEnglish employ ← Middle English dis- ← Latin dis- →
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Meanings

verbdisemploy (third-person singular simple present disemploys, present participle disemploying, simple past and past participle disemployed)

present singular third person disemploys · participle present disemploying · participle past disemployed · past disemployed

  1. transitiveTo deprive of employment.

    Antonyms: employ, reemploy

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo deprive of employment.

Opposite
employreemploy

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Englishemploy
  11. Englishdisemploy

From dis- + employ.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

disemploy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disemploy

MLA

“disemploy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disemploy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disemploy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disemploy.

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