Meanings
verbunappoint (third-person singular simple present unappoints, present participle unappointing, simple past and past participle unappointed)
present singular third person unappoints · participle present unappointing · participle past unappointed · past unappointed
- transitiveTo undo or reverse an appointment.
"If Mazzilli appointed him," Costa e Silva retorted, "he is going to unappoint him."
1991, John W. F. Dulles, Carlos Lacerda, Brazilian Crusader: The years 1960-1977, page 232
Origin
From un- + appoint. Compare Middle English disapoynten (“to unappoint”).
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