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unretweet

unretweet verb: to undo the action of retweeting.

Verb

unretweet (third-person singular simple present unretweets, present participle unretweeting, simple past and past participle unretweeted)

  1. (transitive, Twitter) To undo the action of retweeting.
    • The British version of Politwoops is amongst the sites affected. Its Twitter account, @deletedbyMPs, has not posted since Friday evening as a result of the closure. Its website, however, continues to archive deleted tweets, with the most recent example being a retweet by Labour MP Andrew Gwynne...2015 August 24, Alex Hern, “Twitter blocks access to political transparency organisation Politwoops”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01...
    • A good way to soften the embarrassment that can follow too many self-retweets is to undo the retweet after a few minutes or only leave it up for a short time. This keeps your timeline from looking less desperate, and let's face it, if you're going to retweet the tweet again, you're going to have to...2017 July 18, Taylor Lorenz, “In praise of retweeting yourself”, in Mic, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023

Examples of unretweet in a sentence

  • Its website, however, continues to archive deleted tweets, with the most recent example being a retweet by Labour MP Andrew Gwynne, unretweeted on Saturday.2015 August 24, Alex Hern, “Twitter blocks access to political transparency organisation Politwoops”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian...
  • This keeps your timeline from looking less desperate, and let's face it, if you're going to retweet the tweet again, you're going to have to unretweet it at some point.2017 July 18, Taylor Lorenz, “In praise of retweeting yourself”, in Mic, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023:
  • Fans spotted Grande's photographer bestie Alfredo Flores retweet Carey's photo (and since unretweeted it), which seems to be a good sign.2020 October 12, Natalie Morin, “Did Mariah Carey Just Announce A Christmas Collab With Ariana Grande?”, in Refinery29, archived from the...

Forms of unretweet

third-person singular presentunretweets
present participleunretweeting
past participleunretweeted
pastunretweeted

Origin of unretweet

From un- + retweet.

Questions about unretweet

What does unretweet mean?
Unretweet means to undo the action of retweeting.
How do you use unretweet in a sentence?
Its website, however, continues to archive deleted tweets, with the most recent example being a retweet by Labour MP Andrew Gwynne, unretweeted on Saturday.
What part of speech is unretweet?
Unretweet is a verb.
What is the past tense of unretweet?
The past tense of unretweet is unretweeted.

Words near unretweet in the dictionary

  1. unreturnable
  2. unreturnably
  3. unreturned
  4. unreturning
  5. unreturningly
  6. unretweet
  7. unretweeted
  8. unretweeting
  9. unretweets
  10. unreusable
  11. unrevalued

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