uncopy

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verb

To undo a copy.

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Meanings

verbuncopy (third-person singular simple present uncopies, present participle uncopying, simple past and past participle uncopied)

present singular third person uncopies · participle present uncopying · participle past uncopied · past uncopied

  1. To undo a copy.

    On the other hand, if there is an excess of free pyrophosphates over triphosphates, the reaction will tend to run the wrong way, and we'll be uncopying and ruining our copy.

    2023, Tony Hey, Feynman Lectures on Computation: Anniversary Edition, pages 5-21

Origin

From un- + copy.

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APA

uncopy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncopy

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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