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unkeys

unkeys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unkey.

Meaning of unkey

Verb

unkey (third-person singular simple present unkeys, present participle unkeying, simple past and past participle unkeyed)

  1. (transitive) To stop transmitting on a two-way radio, etc.
    • I forgot to unkey the microphone, and everyone could still hear me.

Questions about unkeys

What is unkeys the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unkeys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unkey.

Words near unkeys in the dictionary

  1. unket
  2. unketh
  3. unkey
  4. unkeyed
  5. unkeying
  6. unkeys
  7. unkeyworded
  8. unkickable
  9. unkicked
  10. unkid
  11. unkiddingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unkeys (page history and authors); unkey (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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