unrequire

English

Etymology

un- +‎ require

Verb

unrequire (third-person singular simple present unrequires, present participle unrequiring, simple past and past participle unrequired)

1. (transitive) To cancel the requirement for; to make something that is required into something that is not required.
   • 1922, Ordnance - Volumes 3-4, page 272:

     […] today Colt's supremacy has been unrequiring the use of optical instruments.

   • 1966, Galaxy Science Fiction - Volume 25, page 94:

     Being Auxorean, I unrequire artificial aids, but for you a booster.

   • 2007, Ralph Alan Cohen, ShakesFear and how to Cure it: A Handbook for Teaching Shakespeare, →ISBN:

     To start with, as someone who believes that Shakespeare's work does have inherent greatness and wants others to experience and enjoy those works, I would celebrate any decision to unrequire Shakespeare.

   • 2013, Up and Running with Autodesk Navisworks 2014, →ISBN, page i:

     This tool is available in the Unhide All flyout and is used to unrequire all the objects that were made required.