unembed

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verb

To remove (something embedded) from what it is fixed in.

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Meanings

verbunembed (third-person singular simple present unembeds, present participle unembedding, simple past and past participle unembedded)

present singular third person unembeds · participle present unembedding · participle past unembedded · past unembedded

  1. transitiveTo remove (something embedded) from what it is fixed in.

    It goes on and gets rather graphic as Jimmy, under the impression that he’s speaking to someone at The Herald, pleads to be unembedded.

    2007 August 4, Christopher Buckley, “Our Man in Iraq, Embedded Unhappily”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
deembed

Origin

From un- + embed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Mubende
Cite this entry
APA

unembed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unembed

MLA

“unembed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unembed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unembed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unembed.

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