unbold

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verb

To change (text) from a bold typeface to a non-bolded typeface.

OriginMiddle English unbolde ← Old English unbeald ← Proto-Germanic *unbalþaz →
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Meanings

verbunbold (third-person singular simple present unbolds, present participle unbolding, simple past and past participle unbolded)

present singular third person unbolds · participle present unbolding · participle past unbolded · past unbolded

  1. transitivemediaTo change (text) from a bold typeface to a non-bolded typeface.
adjectiveunbold (comparative more unbold, superlative most unbold)

comparative more unbold · superlative most unbold

  1. Not bold; timid.
  2. mediaNot bold.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*unbalþaz“unbold”
  2. Old Englishunbeald“unbold, unconfident, irresolute”
  3. Middle Englishunbolde
  4. Englishunbold

From Middle English unbolde, unbald, from Old English unbeald (“unbold, unconfident, irresolute”), from Proto-Germanic *unbalþaz (“unbold”), equivalent to un- + bold. Cognate with Old High German unbald (“discouraged”).

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APA

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MLA

“unbold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbold. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbold,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbold.

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