unadd

English

Etymology

un- +‎ add

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -æd

Verb

unadd (third-person singular simple present unadds, present participle unadding, simple past and past participle unadded)

  1. To remove something after it has been added.
    • 2001 October 24, Jim Quinn, “Re: Camp check”, in alt.games.everquest‎ (Usenet):
      i ve added him to /friends and will tell him about this thread next time we are both on. then unadd him from /friends and forget about it.
    • 2007, Philip Purser, Natural Terrariums, T. F. H. Publications, →ISBN, page 82:
      Adding fertilizer to a terrarium is a lot like adding salt to a recipe: Once you've added too much, you can't unadd it, and you've likely ruined the recipe!
    • 2011, Tim Phillips, Talk Normal: Stop the Business Speak, Jargon and Waffle, Kogan Page Limited, →ISBN, page 50:
      Collaboration tends to be a one-way street: once you've added people to the project, it's hard to unadd them.

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