unwatch

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verb

To undo the watching of something; to unsee.

OriginEnglish watch ← Middle English wacchen ← Old English wæċċan →
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Meanings

verbunwatch (third-person singular simple present unwatches, present participle unwatching, simple past and past participle unwatched)

present singular third person unwatches · participle present unwatching · participle past unwatched · past unwatched

  1. raretransitiveTo undo the watching of something; to unsee.

    I wish I could unwatch this nightmare so that I wouldn't have this baggage knocking around in my brain for the rest of my life. Never, for the love of God, watch this movie.

    2004, Charles Roxburgh, Matt Farley, Tom Scalzo, ShockJuly: An Adventure in Horror, page 65
  2. transitivewiki jargonTo remove (a webpage) from one's watchlist.

    To unwatch a page, you can simply revisit the page; you'll notice the tab now says Unwatch. Click the tab again to remove the page.

    2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, page 319

Origin

  1. Englishun-
  2. Old Englishwæċċan
  3. Middle Englishwacchen
  4. Englishwatch
  5. Englishunwatch

From un- + watch.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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