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

  • Since Decius gives thee power, -- that word unsay!
  • So unsay thy words, Nam-Bok, that we may yet honor thee.
  • I cannot unsay them -- but at least I can clean up the toxic waste I've left behind.
  • I unsay my comment about the lack of lower middle class upbringing amongst posters on this blog.
  • Cameron was so annoyed he sat down and angrily wobbled his jowls for a full 45 minutes probably, while Young ran around trying to unsay his own words.
  • They told us that on radio it was very easy and simple for people to just say things and then on the next day just say something else or unsay what they said before.
  • And the stuck-ness, for the working novelist - or at least for this one - has to do with not wanting to get into certain intensely fraught or private experiences, finding - having - feeling that it's absolutely necessary to say things that are absolutely unsay-able.

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