Dictionary

untype en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + type.

Meanings

1. To erase text that has been typed.
   • For example, you may type some text and then use Undo to “untype” the text. 2013, Dan Gookin, Word 2013 For Dummies, page 47:
   • To untype something you just typed, you can also use Ctrl+Z. 1998, David C. Kay, Microsoft Works 4.5 for Windows For Dummies, page 87:
   • One ribbon handles both printing and correcting, so it untypes as uniquely as it types. 1984, The Business Week - Part 6, page 201:
   • The incredible WordEraserᵀᴹ correction. It untypes whole words at a touch. 1985, Life - Volume 8, page 137:
2. To overcome or avoid the usual typecasting of.
   • While it is Huston's talent to untype the familiar character actor by blowing up a particular physical gesture, he seems also to incapacitate actors with anticipated, summarized characters. 1971, Manny Farber, Negative Space: Manny Farber on the Movies, page 36:
   • He deglamorizes the stars and untypes the character players. 1953, Connery Chappell, Picturegoer Film Annual, page 80:
   • While Hollywood deserves credit for the attempt to untype her, yet she had best not stray so far from... 1954, Film News - Volumes 14-15, page 20:

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