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unindent

unindent verb: to remove the indentation; to move a block of text closer to the left margin.

Verb

unindent (third-person singular simple present unindents, present participle unindenting, simple past and past participle unindented)

  1. To remove the indentation; to move a block of text closer to the left margin.
    • I had to unindent the first line of each paragraph so that my essay would fit onto one side of paper.

Forms of unindent

third-person singular presentunindents
present participleunindenting
past participleunindented
pastunindented

Origin of unindent

From un- + indent; Originated in the 1980s when computers made it simple for a writer to position text on a page.

Questions about unindent

What does unindent mean?
Unindent means to remove the indentation; to move a block of text closer to the left margin.
What part of speech is unindent?
Unindent is a verb.
What is the past tense of unindent?
The past tense of unindent is unindented.

Words near unindent in the dictionary

  1. unindeared
  2. unindebted
  3. unindebtedness
  4. unindemnifiable
  5. unindemnified
  6. unindent
  7. unindentable
  8. unindentation
  9. unindented
  10. unindenting
  11. unindents

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unindent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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