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unbold

unbold verb: to change (text) from a bold typeface to a non-bolded typeface.

Verb

unbold (third-person singular simple present unbolds, present participle unbolding, simple past and past participle unbolded)

  1. (transitive) To change (text) from a bold typeface to a non-bolded typeface.

Adjective

unbold (comparative more unbold, superlative most unbold)

  1. Not bold; timid.
  2. Not bold.

Forms of unbold

Verb
third-person singular presentunbolds
present participleunbolding
past participleunbolded
pastunbolded
Adjective
comparativemore unbold
superlativemost unbold

Origin of unbold

From Middle English unbolde, unbald, from Old English unbeald (“unbold, unconfident, irresolute”), from Proto-Germanic *unbalþaz (“unbold”), equivalent to un- + bold. Cognate with Old High German unbald (“discouraged”).

Words formed from unbold

Questions about unbold

What does unbold mean?
Unbold means to change (text) from a bold typeface to a non-bolded typeface.
What part of speech is unbold?
Unbold can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of unbold?
The past tense of unbold is unbolded.

Words near unbold in the dictionary

  1. unboiled lobster
  2. unboiled lobsters
  3. unboiling
  4. unboils
  5. unboisterous
  6. unbold
  7. unbolded
  8. unboldened
  9. unboldface
  10. unboldfaced
  11. unboldfaces

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