English Explanatory Dictionary

unstar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To remove a star from.
  2. To demote a question from an oral one to a written one (because oral questions are conventionally marked with a star on the Order of Business in the House of Commons).

Word forms

unstar unstars unstarring unstarred

Etymology

From un- + star.

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