unfriend

[ uhn-frend ]

/ ʌnˈfrɛnd /

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verb (used with object)

to remove (a person) from one's list of friends, or contacts, on a social media website.

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Sometimes de·friend

[dee-frend] /diˈfrɛnd/ ,

Origin of unfriend

2005–10; un-² + friend (in the sense “to add to one's list of contacts”)

Words nearby unfriend

unfortunately, unfounded, unfranked income, unfreeze, unfrequented, unfriend, unfriended, unfriendly, unfrock, unfroze, unfruitful

How to use unfriend in a sentence

Unfrien′dedness, the state of being unfriended; Unfrien′dliness, unkindness; Unfriend′ship, unfriendliness.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
But I have told thee all these things to show that the King is not without some reason to be thy father's unfriend.
Men of Iron|Howard Pyle
The Queen said that she could not be content that either he or any else should be unfriend to Moray.
The Mystery of Mary Stuart|Andrew Lang
Item, Gif it beis askit, in caise the Castell be unfriend, whair the armye shalbe placed?
The Works of John Knox, Volume 2 (of 6)|John Knox

You are dealing with an emissary from a foreign power who is an unfriend of my country.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931|Various