untype

present singular third person untypes · participle present untyping · participle past untyped · past untyped

1. To erase text that has been typed.

   To untype something you just typed, you can also use Ctrl+Z.

   1998, David C. Kay, Microsoft Works 4.5 for Windows For Dummies, page 87

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   One ribbon handles both printing and correcting, so it untypes as uniquely as it types.

   1984, The Business Week - Part 6, page 201

   The incredible WordEraserᵀᴹ correction. It untypes whole words at a touch.

   1985, Life - Volume 8, page 137

   For example, you may type some text and then use Undo to “untype” the text.

   2013, Dan Gookin, Word 2013 For Dummies, page 47

2. To overcome or avoid the usual typecasting of.

   He deglamorizes the stars and untypes the character players.

   1953, Connery Chappell, Picturegoer Film Annual, page 80

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   While Hollywood deserves credit for the attempt to untype her, yet she had best not stray so far from...

   1954, Film News - Volumes 14-15, page 20

   While it is Huston's talent to untype the familiar character actor by blowing up a particular physical gesture, he seems also to incapacitate actors with anticipated, summarized characters.

   1971, Manny Farber, Negative Space: Manny Farber on the Movies, page 36