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unboxed

unboxed is the simple past and past participle of unbox.

Meaning of unbox

Verb

unbox (third-person singular simple present unboxes, present participle unboxing, simple past and past participle unboxed)

  1. (transitive) To remove from a box.
    • The booksellers' tasks were to unbox, shelve, and handle cash.2005, Andrew Laties, Rebel Bookseller
    Synonyms:
    unpack, uncase, undo
  2. (transitive) To retrieve (a value of a primitive type) from the object in which it is boxed.
    • When a boxing or unboxing operation occurs in code, whether it was implicit or explicit, the IL generated includes the box or unbox command.2004, Stephen Teilhet, Jay Hilyard, C# Cookbook

Questions about unboxed

What is unboxed the simple past and past participle of?
Unboxed is the simple past and past participle of unbox.

Words near unboxed in the dictionary

  1. unbowled
  2. unbows
  3. unbowsome
  4. unbox
  5. unboxable
  6. unboxed
  7. unboxer
  8. unboxers
  9. unboxes
  10. unboxing
  11. unboxings

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