unpublish

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verb

To remove (something previously published) from circulation; to retract.

RareScrabble 16

Meanings

verbunpublish (third-person singular simple present unpublishes, present participle unpublishing, simple past and past participle unpublished)

present singular third person unpublishes · participle present unpublishing · participle past unpublished · past unpublished

  1. transitivecomputingTo remove (something previously published) from circulation; to retract.

    Yes. We have a strict policy on unpublishing: We don’t.

    2013 January 16, Margaret Sullivan, “Make No Mistake, but if You Do, Here’s How to Correct It”, in The New York Times
    3 more examples

    To unpublish a calendar: 1. In the Applications folder, double-click the iCal icon to open the application. The main iCal window opens; in the Calendars section on the left, published calendars have a small mark to the right of their names […]

    2005, David Reynolds, Mac, page 178

    Burns' political sentiments were already clearly delineated in 'A Dream' and no amount of etiquette could unpublish that poem.

    2011, Patrick Scott Hogg, Robert Burns: The Patriot Bard

    You unpublish a category to hide it from display on the front end of the website.

    2013, Ric Shreves, Joomla! Bible, page 342

Origin

Translations

French dépublier
  • dépublierTranslations
Spanish despublicar
  • despublicarTranslations
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Chicago

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