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unformat

unformat verb: to remove or undo a format; to reverse the formatting of a disk.

Verb

unformat (third-person singular simple present unformats, present participle unformatting, simple past and past participle unformatted)

  1. To remove or undo a format; to reverse the formatting of a disk.
    • Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk.1989 December 18, InfoWorld, page 66
    • This step releases the button so that it isn't pressed in anymore, and the formatting should disappear. If one click doesn't do the trick, then some of the text probably wasn't formatted. It is now! Click the button again to unformat the text.1999, Margaret Levine Young, David C. Kay, Kathy Warfel, WordPerfect 9 for Windows For Dummies, page 119

Forms of unformat

third-person singular presentunformats
present participleunformatting
past participleunformatted
pastunformatted

Origin of unformat

From un- + format.

Questions about unformat

What does unformat mean?
Unformat means to remove or undo a format; to reverse the formatting of a disk.
What part of speech is unformat?
Unformat is a verb.
What is the past tense of unformat?
The past tense of unformat is unformatted.

Words near unformat in the dictionary

  1. unformality
  2. unformalizability
  3. unformalizable
  4. unformalized
  5. unformally
  6. unformat
  7. unformation
  8. unformative
  9. unformats
  10. unformattable
  11. unformatted

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