unincorporate

C2+ Topic:Business & Commerce

US /ˌʌnɪnˈkɔrpəˌreɪt/ UK /ˌʌnɪnˈkɔːpəreɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to deprive of corporate status; not formed into a corporation

The board voted to unincorporate the dormant subsidiary.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to deprive of corporate... disincorporatedisband dissolve

Opposites

incorporate unite merge

Word family

Derived forms unincorporated

Related forms incorporate corporate corporation corpus

Etymology

From un- ('reverse, not') + incorporate, from Latin incorporare ('to embody, form into a body'), from in- ('into') + corpus ('body').

un- Old English incorporare Latin corpus Latin

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Topics

Business & Commerce Word Formation & Derivatives

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# unincorporate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˌʌnɪnˈkɔrpəˌreɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌʌnɪnˈkɔːpəreɪt/

## Meanings
1. to deprive of corporate status; not formed into a corporation

## Examples
- The board voted to unincorporate the dormant subsidiary.

## Synonyms
- disincorporate
- disband
- dissolve

## Antonyms
- incorporate
- unite
- merge

## Derived Forms
- unincorporated

## Related Forms
- incorporate
- corporate
- corporation
- corpus

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: incorporare
- Root: corpus

## Etymology
From un- ('reverse, not') + incorporate, from Latin incorporare ('to embody, form into a body'), from in- ('into') + corpus ('body').

## AI Etymology
Unincorporate is from un- ('reverse, not') + incorporate, from Latin incorporare ('to embody, form into a body'), from in- ('into') + corpus ('body'). Important recorded forms include un- (Old English), incorporare (Latin), and corpus (Latin). Morphologically, the un- element marks negation, reversal, removal, or deprivation, while the base supplies the action, quality, or state being denied or undone. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers to deprive of corporate status; not formed into a corporation. The wider family includes derived forms such as unincorporated and related words such as incorporate, corporate, corporation, and corpus.

## Topics
- Business & Commerce
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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