unmail

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verb

To undo the act of mailing; to recover from the postal system before delivery.

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Meanings

verbunmail (third-person singular simple present unmails, present participle unmailing, simple past and past participle unmailed)

present singular third person unmails · participle present unmailing · participle past unmailed · past unmailed

  1. transitiveTo undo the act of mailing; to recover from the postal system before delivery.

    Was it even possible to unmail a letter? She might have to lie, might have to say the letter contained explosives, or some kind of poison. Something extremely illegal.

    2013, Elizabeth Bass, The Way Back to Happiness

Origin

From un- + mail.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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