unspend

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verb

To recover (money that has been spent); to undo the spending of.

“Now that I have to get a mortgage, I wish I could unspend all that money I wasted on my car.”

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Meanings

verbunspend (third-person singular simple present unspends, present participle unspending, simple past and past participle unspent)

present singular third person unspends · participle present unspending · participle past unspent · past unspent

  1. raretransitiveTo recover (money that has been spent); to undo the spending of.

    Now that I have to get a mortgage, I wish I could unspend all that money I wasted on my car.

Origin

From un- + spend.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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