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unspam

unspam verb: to remove spam messages.

Verb

unspam (third-person singular simple present unspams, present participle unspamming, simple past and past participle unspammed)

  1. To remove spam messages.
    • It took me about one hour to unspam my mailbox; there were hundreds of them.

Forms of unspam

third-person singular presentunspams
present participleunspamming
past participleunspammed
pastunspammed

Origin of unspam

From un- + spam.

Questions about unspam

What does unspam mean?
Unspam means to remove spam messages.
What part of speech is unspam?
Unspam is a verb.
What is the past tense of unspam?
The past tense of unspam is unspammed.

Words near unspam in the dictionary

  1. unspaceworthy
  2. unspacious
  3. unspackled
  4. unspaded
  5. unspalled
  6. unspam
  7. unspammable
  8. unspammed
  9. unspangled
  10. unspankable
  11. unspanked

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