unstate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
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Obsolete. to deprive (a nation, government, etc.) of its character or dignity as a state.
Etymology
Origin of unstate
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Take an area in which the unstated rejection of just-war theory has made it difficult to notice moral distinctions in how wars are fought.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Unknown to Wolf, Reubens, who sat for 40 hours of interviews before withdrawing from the project for unstated reasons in the film, had been sick with a blood cancer for six years.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
Effective today it is not just a point of contention, it is a sin, to be ferreted out through rumor and whisper, to be punished by reprisals, unstated but ever present.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2025
Away from the economics, there was also some unstated politics.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
For now, he left unstated his even deeper concern about the two-thousand-meter sprint at the Olympic trials.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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