English

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Etymology

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un- +‎ print

Verb

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unprint (third-person singular simple present unprints, present participle unprinting, simple past and past participle unprinted)

  1. (transitive) Hypothetically, to undo the printing of.
    • 1965, Journal of the Assembly, Legislature of the State of California, page 36:
      We oppose erasure legislation as it has been presented to date on the simple, basic grounds that it is impossible to "unprint" a news story which has been printed; []