Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpublish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-pub-lish
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove (something previously published) from circulation; to retract.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"To unpublish a calendar: 1. In the Applications folder, double-click the iCal icon to open the application. The main iCal window opens; in the Calendars section on the left, published calendars have a small mark to the right of their names […]"
"Burns' political sentiments were already clearly delineated in 'A Dream' and no amount of etiquette could unpublish that poem."
"Yes. We have a strict policy on unpublishing: We don’t."
"You unpublish a category to hide it from display on the front end of the website."

Etymology

From un- + publish.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unpublishes (present, singular) unpublishing (participle, present) unpublished (participle, past) unpublished (past)

Derived Forms

unpublication

Questions

What does unpublish mean?: To remove (something previously published) from circulation; to retract.
Where does unpublish come from?: From un- + publish.

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