Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uninstallate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: unin-stal-late
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The problem was caused by a program sitting there prior to installation of Win98 upgrade: Seagate Direct Tape Access v. 3. Uninstallating this program restored full power to Windows98."
"Also for ease of installation and uninstallation, a common advice is to install the software applications into discrete drives, i.e., reserve C and D for the OS's; E for applications which will be running with the OS in Drive C; F, for the same applications which will be running with the OS in Drive D. Otherwise, what will happen is when uninstallating a common app, e.g., Office97 from NT, it will remove the files needed to run it from Win9X."
"The HP notebook also has a modem. This has an install of earthlink software for dialup and modified internet explorer. This I've since uninstallated sometime ago. The dialup dialog box for it still pops up intermittently."

Etymology

Back-formation from uninstallation.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

uninstallates (present, singular) uninstallating (participle, present) uninstallated (participle, past) uninstallated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

installate

Questions

What does uninstallate mean?: To uninstall.
Where does uninstallate come from?: Back-formation from uninstallation.

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