unpaywall

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verb

To remove a paywall from.

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Meanings

verbunpaywall (third-person singular simple present unpaywalls, present participle unpaywalling, simple past and past participle unpaywalled)

present singular third person unpaywalls · participle present unpaywalling · participle past unpaywalled · past unpaywalled

  1. informaltransitivecomputingTo remove a paywall from.

    I will, over the next few weeks, start unpaywalling the articles I’ve got up.

    2019 January 22, Yasmin Nair, “Changes”, in Yasmin Nair
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    While I like publishing free posts once in a while and am in the habit of unpaywalling older ones, my overall goal is to increase my ranks of paid subscribers, so I’ve prioritized paid content.

    2021 November 20, Jesse Singal, “"Let's Make Unreasonable Rhetorical Demands Of The People Who We Want On Our Side"”, in Singal-Minded

Origin

From un- + paywall.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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