diswant

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ want

Verb

diswant (third-person singular simple present diswants, present participle diswanting, simple past and past participle diswanted)

  1. To not want; to reject.

Noun

diswant (plural diswants)

  1. Something that one doesn't want or rejects.
    • 1978, Ruta Nagucka, Negatively Phrased Utterances in English: An Essay in Some Aspects of Negation Against the Historical Background,
      The speaker uttering this sentence expresses his diswant to believe that somebody (i. e. he) experiences the state devoid of understanding […]

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