unclassv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈklɑːs/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈklas/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈklɑːs/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈklas/, U.S. /ˌənˈklæs/ transitive. To remove from a class or category.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > degrade oneself or stoop [verb (reflexive)]
unworshipc1380
vilifyc1450
familiarizea1586
unclass1657
demean1659
lower1666
1657 W. Barlee Prædestination 125 As for the Authors of the second Classis,..you would as gladly have them all unclassed.
1832 Morning Chron. 9 Oct. They were turning over, classing and unclassing individuals.
1873 J. Morley Rousseau I. 108 (note) ‘A bourgeois unclassed by an alliance with a tavern servant’;..but surely Rousseau had unclassed himself long before.
1922 Musical Times 63 316/2 This would unclass the standard width, and unfit or handicap the instrument for playing existing rolls.
1996 Business Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 21 Aug. These vessels were either previously classed with other societies or unclassed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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