disinvest
verb
dis·in·vest
(ˌ)dis-in-ˈvest 
disinvested; disinvesting; disinvests
: to reduce or eliminate capital investment (as in an industry or area)
Examples of disinvest in a Sentence
Several companies have disinvested from the country to protest its human rights policies.
Recent Examples on the Web
The outages have reignited calls from frustrated Puerto Ricans to oust the American private companies that recently took over power generation and distribution after Hurricane Maria devastated the island’s already fragile and disinvested electrical grid in 2017.
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Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 14 June 2024
For decades, communities like Corona, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights have been deliberately disinvested in by our city, leaving predominantly immigrant families to survive with little to no opportunities for growth.
—Donovan Richards, New York Daily News, 12 June 2024
The university divested from tobacco in 2000 and disinvested from fossil fuels in 2021.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2024
The tech industry isn’t the only sector that’s disinvesting in DEI.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 8 Jan. 2024
Fannie Mae has just received a prestigious ranking at a time when companies are disinvesting in diversity and inclusion efforts.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 18 July 2023
The Church Commissioners, which manage the church’s £10.3 billion ($13.1 billion) endowment fund, and the Church of England Pensions Board will both be disinvesting their portfolios from oil and gas companies.
—Sofia Lotto Persio, Quartz, 23 June 2023
It was geared toward young adults between 18 and 24 years old in three under-resourced and disinvested neighborhoods, Reilly said.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2023
The church’s pensions board voted against the renewal of Shell’s board of director at the oil and gas giant’s latest shareholder meeting in May, but the decision to disinvest marks a change from shareholder activism.
—Sofia Lotto Persio, Quartz, 23 June 2023
Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 14 June 2024
For decades, communities like Corona, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights have been deliberately disinvested in by our city, leaving predominantly immigrant families to survive with little to no opportunities for growth.
—Donovan Richards, New York Daily News, 12 June 2024
The university divested from tobacco in 2000 and disinvested from fossil fuels in 2021.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2024
The tech industry isn’t the only sector that’s disinvesting in DEI.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 8 Jan. 2024
Fannie Mae has just received a prestigious ranking at a time when companies are disinvesting in diversity and inclusion efforts.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 18 July 2023
The Church Commissioners, which manage the church’s £10.3 billion ($13.1 billion) endowment fund, and the Church of England Pensions Board will both be disinvesting their portfolios from oil and gas companies.
—Sofia Lotto Persio, Quartz, 23 June 2023
It was geared toward young adults between 18 and 24 years old in three under-resourced and disinvested neighborhoods, Reilly said.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2023
The church’s pensions board voted against the renewal of Shell’s board of director at the oil and gas giant’s latest shareholder meeting in May, but the decision to disinvest marks a change from shareholder activism.
—Sofia Lotto Persio, Quartz, 23 June 2023
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disinvest
intransitive verb
dis·in·vest
ˌdis-ᵊn-ˈvest
1
: to reduce or eliminate capital investment (as in an industry or area)
2
: to give up an investment
insiders force the noncontrolling shareholders to…disinvest—R. C. Clark
R. C. Clark
: to cause to give up an investment
no one is being…disinvested or cashed out—R. C. Clark
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