unsay
IPA: ʌnsˈeɪ
verb
- To withdraw, retract (something said).
- To cause something not to have been said; to make it so that one never said something (since this is physically impossible, usually in the subjunctive).
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Examples of "unsay" in Sentences
- Nobody can unsay what has been said, it's fatuous to try.
- To say it and then try to unsay it subsequently makes no sense.
- Just as in the real world, you can't unsay something once it's been said.