unclassify
verb
unclassify is spelled U-N-C-L-A-S-S-I-F-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables. As a verb, unclassify means “To declassify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unclassify?
| Letters | 10: U-N-C-L-A-S-S-I-F-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unclassify?
Unclassify has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of unclassify
- unclassifies present, singular, he/she/it
- unclassifying participle, present
- unclassified participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unclassify mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To declassify.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does unclassify come from?
From un- + classify or possibly Back-formation from unclassified.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).