uninstalling
- 1Present participle and gerund of uninstall.
He spent the afternoon uninstalling programs he no longer used.
The technician is uninstalling the corrupted driver before loading a fresh copy.
Note
The -ing form here does two jobs. After a form of be it builds the progressive (she is uninstalling the update), and in subject or object position it works as a noun (uninstalling the driver fixed it). The bare noun uninstall also names the process. An uninstall is the event itself, while the gerund keeps its verbal habits: it takes a direct object and adverbs such as completely.
Uninstalling the old driver completely fixed the crashes.
She recommends uninstalling apps you no longer open.
uninstalling is a form of uninstall
uninstall, verb: To completely remove software or hardware from a computer system. Full entry
- Forms
- uninstalluninstalls he/she/ituninstalling -ing formuninstalled past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- uninstall → uninstalling: add -ing
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