Meaning & use
Unsend
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To retract or delete a message, email, or other digital communication after it has already been sent.
See it in a sentence
I tried to unsend the text as soon as I noticed the embarrassing typo.
Most email clients now let you unsend a message within a short window after clicking send.
A note on using this word
"Unsend" is a recent coinage that emerged with messaging apps and email services offering an "undo send" feature; it has no true opposite, since a message that has already been received cannot literally be un-sent.
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