verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To delete or forget the address of some entity. transitive

   "The computer unaddresses the DVM as a listener, and remains a talker."

Example

More examples

"The computer unaddresses the DVM as a listener, and remains a talker."

Etymology

From un- + address.

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