Dictionary

unfollow en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From un- + follow.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, qualifier:social media, transitive) To cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity).
   • With Twitter, it’s as easy to unfollow as it is to follow. 2009 April 22, Maureen Dowd, “To Tweet or Not to Tweet”, in New York Times:
   • The calls came from Iranian intelligence as soon as the protests began. Agents threatened the family and friends of a DW editor, telling them to cut off contact with him and to unfollow him on Instagram. The journalist was said to be a "muharebbe" (Engl. warrior against God) – which is punishable by death in Iran. 2022 December 8, “Farsi editorial team: Mixed feelings on 60th anniversary”, in DW News, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2022, Press:

Forms

Deriveds

unfollower

Descendants

unfol · 언팔로우 · entfolgen

Relateds

unfriend · unsubscribe

Translations (13)

pl przestać obserwować (to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)) · de entfolgen (to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)) · cmn 取關 /取关 (to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)) · ja リムる (to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)) · nl ontvolgen (to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)) · fr se désabonner (to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)) · hu kikövet (to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)) · tr takipten çıkmak (to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)) · fr arrêter de suivre (to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)) · es dejar de seguir (to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)) · ko 언팔로우하다 (to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)) · fi lopettaa seuraaminen (to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity)) · pt desseguir (to cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity))