unacknowledge

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verb

To not acknowledge, or to rescind acknowledgement of.

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Meanings

verbunacknowledge (third-person singular simple present unacknowledges, present participle unacknowledging, simple past and past participle unacknowledged)

present singular third person unacknowledges · participle present unacknowledging · participle past unacknowledged · past unacknowledged

  1. rareTo not acknowledge, or to rescind acknowledgement of.

    The servants of Method must therefore unacknowledge its nonexistence (a technique in which they are highly skilled). By the grace of this double negative may they bless its existence in the best way they know.

    1985, Mary Daly, Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation, page 12

Origin

From un- + acknowledge.

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APA

unacknowledge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unacknowledge

MLA

“unacknowledge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unacknowledge. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unacknowledge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unacknowledge.

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