"decontent" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: decontents [present, singular, third-person], decontenting [participle, present], decontented [participle, past], decontented [past]
Etymology: de- + content Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|content}} de- + content Head templates: {{en-verb}} decontent (third-person singular simple present decontents, present participle decontenting, simple past and past participle decontented)
  1. (transitive) To remove some of the features from (an automobile), for example in order to be able to sell it more cheaply. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-decontent-en-verb-yi2W8xNg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for decontent meaning in English (1.6kB)

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