unclassify

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verb

To declassify.

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Meanings

verbunclassify (third-person singular simple present unclassifies, present participle unclassifying, simple past and past participle unclassified)

present singular third person unclassifies · participle present unclassifying · participle past unclassified · past unclassified

  1. To declassify.

    He claims they don't have anything to unclassify.

    2004, Neil Mavis, Deorbit the Space Shuttle: Stem Cell Rescue, page 152
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    This is in response to your request for my official opinion concerning whether an appointing authority can unclassify a position for use exclusively by a second appointing authority.

    1986, Opinions of the Attorneys-General of the State of Georgia, page 82

    However, if both AFATDS and IFSAS are operating in the unclassified mode, IFSAS still must unclassify each message before sending it to AFATDS.

    2000, Field Artillery, page 37

Origin

From un- + classify or possibly Back-formation from unclassified.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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