Unformat

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove or undo a format; to reverse the formatting of a disk.

    "Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk."

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"Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk."

Etymology

From un- + format.

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