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unfriended

American  
[uhn-fren-did] / ʌnˈfrɛn dɪd /

adjective

  1. without friends; not befriended.


unfriended British  
/ ʌnˈfrɛndɪd /

adjective

  1. 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

Personally, I have friends I will not be enjoying Messenger video calls on the Portal Go with because I unfriended them on Facebook so I wouldn’t need to in real life.

From The Verge Oct. 19, 2021

The haughtiness with which these worthless sons of imperious but debauched and enervated 293 sires, affected to look down upon the solitary and unfriended alien, produced an impression upon his mind which was never effaced.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

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