UNSEND Definition & Meaning

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unsend

[ uhn-send ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

unsent, unsending.

to delete (a digital message such as an email or text) from the devices of the sender and receiver:
The IT team added a way to unsend recently sent messages. She unsent the email just in time to prevent it being read.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of unsend¹

First recorded in 1985–90; un- ²( def ) + send ¹( def )

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Example Sentences

Apple last year revealed the ability to edit and unsend iMessages between iPhones in a system upgrade.

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“You can’t unsend a piece of mail — the damage from this misinformation already reached voters,” Tattersfield said.

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“It was our defense,” Wizards coach Wes Unsend Jr. said.

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The free update includes a new lock screen with widgets, unsend and edit for iMessage, new keyboard haptics, a new Home app, and much more. iPadOS won’t be updated to version 16 today, though, as that will ship later as an iPadOS 16.1 release.

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Users of Apple’s built-in Mail app will get a new scheduled send option in iOS 16 alongside the ability to quickly unsend an email right after it was sent.

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