unfollow

English

Etymology

un- +‎ follow

Verb

unfollow (third-person singular simple present unfollows, present participle unfollowing, simple past and past participle unfollowed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, social media) To cease to subscribe to (a feed of another user's activity).
    • 2009 April 22, Maureen Dowd, “To Tweet or Not to Tweet”, in New York Times‎:
      With Twitter, it’s as easy to unfollow as it is to follow.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Cantonese: unfol
  • → German: entfolgen (calque)

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