Unfilter

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The lack or absence of a filter
  2. 2
    A filterless cigarette informal
Verb
  1. 1
    To undo the filtering of (data, etc.), or remove a filter from. transitive

    "Click the OK button on the column's dropdown list or the Custom AutoFilter dialog box to filter your list. To see all the data in the list again — to unfilter the list — click the Clear button on the Data tab."

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"Click the OK button on the column's dropdown list or the Custom AutoFilter dialog box to filter your list. To see all the data in the list again — to unfilter the list — click the Clear button on the Data tab."

Etymology

From un- + filter.

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