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unfriending

unfriending is the present participle and gerund of unfriend.

Meaning of unfriend

Verb

unfriend (third-person singular simple present unfriends, present participle unfriending, simple past and past participle unfriended)

  1. (rare) To sever as friends.
    • "I hope, sir, that we are not mutually Unfriended by this Difference which hath happened betwixt us."1659, Thomas Fuller, The Appeal of Injured Innocence
  2. (social media) To defriend; to remove from one's friends list (e.g. on a social networking website).
    • "I asked her why, she said it was because I didn't comment, and I shrugged and said whatever. I didn't unfriend her."2007, Mia Consalvo, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Internet Research Annual: Volume 4

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Questions about unfriending

What is unfriending the present participle and gerund of?
Unfriending is the present participle and gerund of unfriend.

Words near unfriending in the dictionary

  1. unfriendable
  2. unfriended
  3. unfriendedness
  4. unfriender
  5. unfrienders
  6. unfriending
  7. unfriendlier
  8. unfriendlies
  9. unfriendliest
  10. unfriendlike
  11. unfriendlily

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