unappropriate

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/ˌʌnəˈpɹəʊpɹieɪt//ˌʌnəˈpɹəʊpɹiət/

verb

To take from private possession and restore to the possession or right of all, or to a common good.

“to unappropriate funds”

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Meanings

verbunappropriate (third-person singular simple present unappropriates, present participle unappropriating, simple past and past participle unappropriated)

present singular third person unappropriates · participle present unappropriating · participle past unappropriated · past unappropriated

  1. transitiveTo take from private possession and restore to the possession or right of all, or to a common good.

    to unappropriate funds

    4 more examples

    to unappropriate a monopoly

    to unappropriate the balance

    to unappropriate money

    unappropriating , and unmonopolizing the rewards of learning and industry

    1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC
adjectiveunappropriate (comparative more unappropriate, superlative most unappropriate)

comparative more unappropriate · superlative most unappropriate

  1. rareInappropriate; unsuitable.
  2. obsoleteNot appropriated.

    Goods, which God, at first, created unappropriate.

    a. 1779, William Warburton, Sermon XXXI

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
nonappropriate

Origin

From un- + appropriate.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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