unquote

American  

[uhn-kwoht, uhn-kwoht] / ʌnˈkwoʊt, ˈʌnˌkwoʊt /

verb (used without object)

unquoted, unquoting

1. to close a quotation (often used with the word quote, which notes the opening of the quotation).

   The senator said, quote, I am unalterably opposed to this policy, unquote.

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unquote British  

/ ʌnˈkwəʊt /

interjection

1. an expression used parenthetically to indicate that the preceding quotation is finished

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verb

1. to close (a quotation), esp in printing

Etymology

Origin of unquote

First recorded in 1910–15; un- ² + quote

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

unquote unquoted

“They said I, quote unquote, rammed federal agents,” she said at a congressional hearing in February.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

“This is the first time, even by his own words, that it has been a quote, unquote, blowout.”

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025

So Usagi has been kind of summoned again into this world, and he has to chase after the quote, unquote rabbit.”

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025

“There is very little footage that is quote unquote ‘lost,’” Pierce said.

From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

“It’s not about whether they’re hopeful. It’s about the gross implausibility of a midnight train going, quote unquote, anywhere.”

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

There are also allowances for unquoted shares, which are shares in a business not listed on the stock exchange.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2024

Mr Woodford's firm says the suspension will give it "time to reposition the element of the fund's portfolio invested in unquoted and less liquid stocks, into more liquid investments".

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2019

But twitting a playwright for not being Shakespeare is blatantly unfair, so it’s best to leave the rest unquoted.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2017

So it seems Bharara’s channeling of Schumer’s credo is correct: Modesty is for the unquoted.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2013

If the nature of this attachment were not so evident from other sources, we should have left such passages unquoted; fearing lest they might be misunderstood.

From Life of Father Hecker by Elliott, Walter