unprivate

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adjective

Not private.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveunprivate (comparative more unprivate, superlative most unprivate)

comparative more unprivate · superlative most unprivate

  1. Not private.

    my unprivate life as Mayor

    1963, Cleveland Amory, Earl Blackwell, Celebrity Register, volume 2, page 172

    Synonyms: nonprivate

verbunprivate (third-person singular simple present unprivates, present participle unprivating, simple past and past participle unprivated)

present singular third person unprivates · participle present unprivating · participle past unprivated · past unprivated

  1. transitiveTo make not private.

    While Shay has yet to make his official return to the web, or YouTube, he has since unprivated his Instagram page.

    2017 August 16, Rebecka Schumann, “Shay Carl’s Cam Girl Getting Death Threats After YouTube Scandal”, in International Business Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2017
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    But the HP41 private mode was easily defeated. I still have my HP 41 and it's^([sic]) card reader. I was looking thru the cards recently and ran across one that is used to 'UNprivate' a program. Load the private program, then run the UNprivate card and the program is viewable.

    1995 September 20, JJAker [username; Jack Aker], “Copy-Protecting HP48G/GX Programs”, in comp.sys.hp48 (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024

    I run OS3.0 on a Vx. I put in a daily repeating floater to remind me to take a pill at a certain hour, and designated it as private, and it dutifully disappeared (I know I have to 'unprivate' it using the OS security, which is a bit of a bother, but at least don't have to see it all the time).

    2000 October 31, CircleSerpent [username], “DateBk4 - question”, in comp.sys.palmtops.pilot (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024

    When I set-up password protection for my user account on XP home I was given the option to make my files private to other users, which I did. I want to reverse the above action. I have removed the password easily but cannot work out how to 'unprivate' my files and make my files viewable to other users etc.

    2005 November 21, AJM [username], “user account management”, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024

    Therefore I dio^([sic]) not use fb [Facebook] to exchange anymore. Because if all I do is set priovate,^([sic]) the tablet unprivates it […]

    2012 December 1, Eleonore Beaudoin, “This had me just in awe, smiles and tears!”, in alt.support.loneliness (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024

    Synonyms: deprivatize, unprivatize

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot private.

Similar

verbTo make not private.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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