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unfile

unfile verb: to remove from a file or record.

Verb

unfile (third-person singular simple present unfiles, present participle unfiling, simple past and past participle unfiled)

  1. (transitive) To remove from a file or record.
  2. to cancel (a formal request)
    • unfile a complaint

Forms of unfile

third-person singular presentunfiles
present participleunfiling
past participleunfiled
pastunfiled

Origin of unfile

From un- + file.

Questions about unfile

What does unfile mean?
Unfile means to remove from a file or record.
What part of speech is unfile?
Unfile is a verb.
What is the past tense of unfile?
The past tense of unfile is unfiled.

Words near unfile in the dictionary

  1. unfigured
  2. unfilamented
  3. unfilamentous
  4. unfilched
  5. unfilde
  6. unfile
  7. unfiled
  8. unfiles
  9. unfilial
  10. unfiliality
  11. unfilially

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