unsubscribe
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has unsubscribedperfect 3rd person singular
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have unsubscribedperfect
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unsubscribessingular 3rd person
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is unsubscribingprogressive 3rd person singular
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are unsubscribingprogressive
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am unsubscribingprogressive 1st person singular
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has been unsubscribingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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unsubscribingparticiple
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have been unsubscribingperfect progressive
Past
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had unsubscribedperfect
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had been unsubscribingperfect progressive
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unsubscribedsimple
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unsubscribedparticiple
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was unsubscribingprogressive singular
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were unsubscribingprogressive plural
Future
Etymology
Origin of unsubscribe
First recorded in 1980–85; un- 2 ( def. ) + subscribe ( def. )
Explanation
When you cancel an agreement to receive a magazine, newsletter, or streaming service, you unsubscribe. If a political group sends an overwhelming number of emails every week, you should probably unsubscribe. To subscribe is to sign up for something, from the Latin root subscribere, "sign or write underneath." When you add the prefix un-, "not," you get unsubscribe. If you ever realize you regret subscribing to something, whether it's the local newspaper you never have time to read, or an expensive cake-of-the-month club, you can always decide to unsubscribe!
Vocabulary lists containing unsubscribe
Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: scrib, scribe
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Example Sentences
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People looking to save money can subscribe to some of these services monthly, and then unsubscribe during months when no games are on that platform — instead of paying for a full-year subscription.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
And bring your bills, your credit-card statements, your school forms, the streaming services you need to unsubscribe from, the airline miles you need to manage, the expenses app you need to figure out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Federal agencies are working to make it easier for Americans to click the unsubscribe button for unwanted memberships and recurring payment services.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024
To get off Twitter, to unfollow and unsubscribe, to turn off the talking heads, even if for just a little while.
From Salon • Jan. 4, 2024
It, along with all other listserv commands, can be abbreviated—-subscribe as sub, unsubscribe as unsub, etc.
From Zen and the Art of the Internet by Kehoe, Brendan P.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
