"unemploy" meaning in All languages combined

See unemploy on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: unemploys [present, singular, third-person], unemploying [participle, present], unemployed [participle, past], unemployed [past]
Etymology: un- + employ Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|employ}} un- + employ Head templates: {{en-verb}} unemploy (third-person singular simple present unemploys, present participle unemploying, simple past and past participle unemployed)
  1. (transitive) To cause someone to become unemployed. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to become unemployed): disimpiegare [uncommon] (Italian)

Inflected forms

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