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unstate

[ uhn-steyt ]

/ ʌnˈsteɪt /

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verb (used with object), un·stat·ed, un·stat·ing.

Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.

Obsolete. to deprive (a nation, government, etc.) of its character or dignity as a state.

Origin of unstate

First recorded in 1580–90; un-² + state

Words nearby unstate

unstable angina, unstainable, unstained, unstalked, unstarry, unstate, unstated, unsteady, unsteel, unstep, unsterile

Example sentences from the Web for unstated

The unstated goal, in those workshop stories, was to write a detailed story in which everything was implied and never stated.

Boys Don’t Cry: In Praise of Sentiment |Andrew Sean Greer |June 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Often there is an unstated understanding that the worst tendencies of North Korea used to be here in China and some still are.

China's Coverage of North Korea Is Bizarrely Glowing |Dan Levin |December 22, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Unstated was why Khadr might be so angry at U.S. soldiers as to relish in the death of one of them.

The Child Soldier on Trial at Guantanamo |Andrea J. Prasow |October 27, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
On the other hand John Stow seems to have acquired, from some unstated source, an extraordinary prejudice against him.

A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) |Charles Creighton

But then, for some unstated reason, Sunny was a privileged person on Suffering Creek.

The Twins of Suffering Creek |Ridgwell Cullum
And more than this, it's a great inconvenience to me to give you these checks at unstated times.

McTeague |Frank Norris
All obvious enough, but the Duke would never have slept quietly in his bed if he had left it unstated.

British Regiments at the Front, The Story of Their Battle Honours |Reginald Hodder
What unstated premises led to that conclusion we do not know.

Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism |Allen Putnam

British Dictionary definitions for unstated

unstated

/ (ʌnˈsteɪtɪd) /

adjective

not having been articulated or uttered