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unsubmit

verb

To retract (a submission); to withdraw from consideration.

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Meanings

verbunsubmit (third-person singular simple present unsubmits, present participle unsubmitting, simple past and past participle unsubmitted)

present singular third person unsubmits · participle present unsubmitting · participle past unsubmitted · past unsubmitted

transitiveTo retract (a submission); to withdraw from consideration.
Many journals will unsubmit and send back to you a manuscript that has not been correctly prepared in this manner.
2012, Jason E. Miller, Oona Schmid, How to Get Published in Anthropology

Origin

From un- + submit.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unsubmit

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Cite this entry

APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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