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Definition of "unpin" [un•pin]

  • To remove pins or a pin from. (verb-transitive)
  • To open or unfasten by or as if by removing pins. (verb-transitive)
  • To free. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "unpin" in a sentence
  • "To remove a pinned item, put the mouse cursor back on the file name and click the pushpin icon again to "unpin" it from the list."
  • "You can "unpin" music to slide it around, but if you're coming back to a song six times, you need to add the same track six times. iMovie 09 does a lot of things right."
  • "Everyone else has a neat, separate grief that they can unpin afterward."