unpublishv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpʌblɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌənˈpəblɪʃ/ transitive. To remove (something published) from circulation; (later also) to remove (an article, website, etc.) from the internet. Also (and in earliest use) intransitive.
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1973 Calif. State Bar Jrnl. 48 443/2 Such orders to ‘unpublish’ are at times the subject of significant disagreement among members of the Supreme Court.
1981 New Scientist 10 Sept. 655/1 Two patents..were removed from the London library shelves even though the statutory right to ‘unpublish’ them was not enacted until later.
1996 L. Erdrich Tales of Burning Love 100 She'd moved back to Minneapolis..and unpublished her telephone number.
2008 Guardian 20 Oct. 31/4 Should a newspaper website agree to un-publish on request?
2010 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 9 Aug. a6/3 Most newspapers look for alternatives to unpublishing information once it is posted.
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