unfriended

American

[uhn-fren-did] / ʌnˈfrɛn dɪd /

adjective

without friends; not befriended.

unfriended British

/ ʌnˈfrɛndɪd /

adjective

rare without a friend or friends; friendless

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of unfriended

First recorded in 1505–15; un- ¹ + friend + -ed ³

Example Sentences

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He later unfriended Deng Xiaoping’s China when it opened up its economy, an act Hoxha regarded as abominable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

"Some of my friends unfriended me because they hold different views. But what I can do? I believe I'm doing a right thing. I want to be a role model for my daughter."

From BBC • May 15, 2024

Then I realized she has unfriended me on social media.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2022

I unfriended them, then wondered why I had never interacted with them all these years later — weren’t we friends, after all?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2021

Mr. Mill was the first who made provision for the expression of unfriended truth.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

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