unthink

[ uhn-thingk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, un·thought, un·think·ing.

, un·thought, un·think·ing.

unthink

/ ʌnˈθɪŋk /

Origin of unthink¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- ² + think ¹

We cannot unthink ourselves out of his realism, out of his boundless pity, out of his consuming earnestness.

Only you did not mean quite what you said so too articulately, and you will unsay it, if you please, and unthink it near the elms.

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