unrequire

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verb

To cancel the requirement for; to make something that is required into something that is not required.

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Meanings

verbunrequire (third-person singular simple present unrequires, present participle unrequiring, simple past and past participle unrequired)

present singular third person unrequires · participle present unrequiring · participle past unrequired · past unrequired

  1. transitiveTo cancel the requirement for; to make something that is required into something that is not required.

    Being Auxorean, I unrequire artificial aids, but for you a booster.

    1966, Galaxy Science Fiction - Volume 25, page 94
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    […] today Colt's supremacy has been unrequiring the use of optical instruments.

    1922, Ordnance - Volumes 3-4, page 272

    To start with, as someone who believes that Shakespeare's work does have inherent greatness and wants others to experience and enjoy those works, I would celebrate any decision to unrequire Shakespeare.

    2007, Ralph Alan Cohen, ShakesFear and how to Cure it: A Handbook for Teaching Shakespeare, →ISBN

    This tool is available in the Unhide All flyout and is used to unrequire all the objects that were made required.

    2013, Up and Running with Autodesk Navisworks 2014, →ISBN, page i

Origin

From un- + require.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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