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Meaning of unretire | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To leave retirement and return to work.
    intransitive
  2. To bring (something or someone) back from retirement.
    transitive

Examples

“He unretired for 18 months because the company was willing to pay him well to mentor some new employees.”
““It’s like all of a sudden you get to unretire and play in the N.B.A.,” Mr. Marin said.”
“We unretired this machine because one of our customers started reordering large volumes of a part that this machine can make super-efficiently.”
“So much for unretiring the printer in the attic that connects through what's called a parallel port.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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