decertify
verb
de·cer·ti·fy (ˌ)dē-ˈsər-tə-ˌfī 
decertified; decertifying; decertifies
transitive verb
: to withdraw or revoke the certification of
decertification
(ˌ)dē-ˌsər-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən
noun 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The city is separately appealing the initial decision to decertify Laguna — but its appeal won’t be heard until October. 
Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Aug. 2022 Several hugely divisive events have occurred since 2019, however: the GOP effort to decertify the 2020 election; the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol; and the pandemic that began in early 2020. Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2022 The combination of small bargaining units and frequent turnover could result in multiple votes to certify or decertify a bargaining unit. Mary Vought, WSJ, 9 May 2022 Arizona’s House speaker, Rusty Bowers, testified about phone calls from Trump and his allies asking him to decertify Arizona’s legitimate electors and replace them. Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2022 Because the results had been already certified, the local board voted to decertify the results on Wednesday morning before staff members rescanned all mail-in and provisional ballots. Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 In the late 1980s, workers at the stores voted to decertify the union, and the roasting plant followed in the early 1990s. New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022 The plan called for Republican members of the House and Senate to block the counting of Electoral College votes on Jan. 6, 2021, so that lawmakers in key swing states could decertify the vote results in their states and hand Mr. Trump a victory. New York Times, 22 July 2022 Arizona’s House speaker, Rusty Bowers, testified about phone calls from Trump and his allies asking him to decertify Arizona’s legitimate electors and replace them. Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2022 See More
Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Aug. 2022 Several hugely divisive events have occurred since 2019, however: the GOP effort to decertify the 2020 election; the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol; and the pandemic that began in early 2020. Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2022 The combination of small bargaining units and frequent turnover could result in multiple votes to certify or decertify a bargaining unit. Mary Vought, WSJ, 9 May 2022 Arizona’s House speaker, Rusty Bowers, testified about phone calls from Trump and his allies asking him to decertify Arizona’s legitimate electors and replace them. Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2022 Because the results had been already certified, the local board voted to decertify the results on Wednesday morning before staff members rescanned all mail-in and provisional ballots. Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 In the late 1980s, workers at the stores voted to decertify the union, and the roasting plant followed in the early 1990s. New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022 The plan called for Republican members of the House and Senate to block the counting of Electoral College votes on Jan. 6, 2021, so that lawmakers in key swing states could decertify the vote results in their states and hand Mr. Trump a victory. New York Times, 22 July 2022 Arizona’s House speaker, Rusty Bowers, testified about phone calls from Trump and his allies asking him to decertify Arizona’s legitimate electors and replace them. Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1918, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
decertify
transitive verb
de·cer·ti·fy dē-ˈsər-tə-ˌfī
decertified; decertifying
: to withdraw or revoke the certification of
decertified the class action suit
especially : to withdraw the certification of (a labor union) as a collective bargaining agent
petitions to decertify the union
Note: The National Labor Relations Board will decertify a union after an election in which the majority of members do not support the union or after participation in an illegal strike.
decertifying
verb
as in invalidating
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- invalidating
- nullifying
- disqualifying
- delegitimizing
- proscribing
- disenfranchising
- forbidding
- disallowing
- disempowering
- disabling
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- authorizing
- approving
- endorsing
- qualifying
- privileging
- entitling
- indorsing
- enabling
- empowering
- licensing
- enfranchising
- licencing