disappropriate

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ appropriate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsəˈpɹəʊpɹɪeɪt/

Verb

disappropriate (third-person singular simple present disappropriates, present participle disappropriating, simple past and past participle disappropriated)

1. To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.

Adjective

disappropriate (not comparable)

1. (law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation.
   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

     The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways.