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recommend | unrecommended |

As a verb recommend

is to bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.

As an adjective unrecommended is

not recommended.

recommend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
    • The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
  • To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
  • To advise, propose, counsel favorably
    • The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
  • (archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
    • ''A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * discourage * disapprove * oppose

    Derived terms

    * recommendable * recommendatory * recommended * recommender

    Related terms

    * recommendation

    Anagrams

    * English reporting verbs

    unrecommended

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not recommended.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 11, author=Allison Glock, title=The Man Show, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He is strongest describing place — an old motor lodge rests in “a highly unrecommended corner of Tulsa,” a Detroit house is “the sort of box that if you tripped coming in the front door, you found yourself falling out the back.” }}