Unmanage

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cease to manage; to relinquish ownership or control of. transitive

    "Since the XmDialogShell is not used here, managing and unmanaging the child of the shell will have no effect on whether the shell window itself is visible."

Example

More examples

"Since the XmDialogShell is not used here, managing and unmanaging the child of the shell will have no effect on whether the shell window itself is visible."

Etymology

From un- + manage.

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