unshuffle

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verb

To restore to order from a shuffled state.

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Meanings

verbunshuffle (third-person singular simple present unshuffles, present participle unshuffling, simple past and past participle unshuffled)

present singular third person unshuffles · participle present unshuffling · participle past unshuffled · past unshuffled

  1. transitiveTo restore to order from a shuffled state.

    In encryption, theoretically only the user or program authorized to retrieve the data knows how to unshuffle the ciphertext and compile the data in its original sequence.

    2012, Tamara Dean, Network+ Guide to Networks, page 516

Origin

From un- + shuffle.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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