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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
: 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.