Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unchoose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-choose
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To not choose; choose against; deselect; reject.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"At the point where a goal is perceived as too easy to be worth investment of effort, effort is reduced as we “unchoose” the goal."
"One glory of a family is you'd never choose your kin and can't unchoose your daddy's hazel eyes — no more than you could unchoose your hand."
"In other words, if the depression is a survival mechanism chosen by the woman when she was a child, then it is within her power to unchoose depression and to heal."

Etymology

From un- + choose.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unchooses (present, singular) unchoosing (participle, present) unchose (past) unchosen (participle, past)

Questions

What does unchoose mean?: To not choose; choose against; deselect; reject.
Where does unchoose come from?: From un- + choose.

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