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to unwish

to unwish

8.8
To remove an item from your online list of things you want to buy
  • verb
  • /ʌnˈwɪʃ/
  • Texting
translation icon : eliminar de la lista
  • After changing her mind, she decided to unwish the shoes from her online shopping list.

Examples

  • You can easily unwish any item if you no longer want it on your wishlist.

  • He unwished several books after realizing he already owned similar titles.

  • I want to unwish that item.

  • She unwished the expensive gift.

  • After changing her mind, she decided to unwish the shoes from her online shopping list.

  • You can easily unwish any item if you no longer want it on your wishlist.

  • He chose to unwish the movie he had added after realizing he didn't want to watch it.

Synonyms

to unfavorite
vsto unwish
  • Texting
6.8

To remove something from your saved items on an app or website

is about removing items from a user's wanted list on an online platform
to unselect
vsto unwish
4.9

To remove someone from a group of chosen people, for example a team

is used to remove items from a user's wanted list online not selected groups
to deselect
vsto unwish
  • Jargon
5.8

To remove someone from a list of chosen candidates

is for removing personal wanted items online rather than formal candidate removal

Antonyms

1.0

Include something extra to make something larger or better

Surface Forms

unwish infinitive
unwished past
unwished past participle
unwishing present participle
unwishes third person singular

Morphology

unwish = wish (transparent) = un + wish

In digital contexts 'un-' is productively used to indicate removal from a list, so the meaning 'remove from a wishlist' is predictable from 'wish'.

Etymology

Unwish comes from the parts un- meaning 'remove' and wish meaning 'want', and it works like clicking 'remove' on a wishlist. That's why to 'unwish' something is to take an item off your list.