unretire

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ retire.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Verb

unretire (third-person singular simple present unretires, present participle unretiring, simple past and past participle unretired)

  1. (intransitive) To leave retirement and return to work.
    Antonym: re-retire
    He unretired for 18 months because the company was willing to pay him well to mentor some new employees.
    • 2009 January 30, Dave Itzkoff, “Hey, Man. Where Have You Guys Been?”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      “It’s like all of a sudden you get to unretire and play in the N.B.A.,” Mr. Marin said.
  2. (transitive) To bring (something or someone) back from retirement.
    Synonym: reinstate
    Antonym: re-retire
    We unretired this machine because one of our customers started reordering large volumes of a part that this machine can make super-efficiently.
    • 2014, Edward C. Baig, Macs For Dummies:
      So much for unretiring the printer in the attic that connects through what's called a parallel port.

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