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third-person singular simple present untypes, present participle untyping, simple past and past participle untyped
To erase text that has been typed. quotations examples
One ribbon handles both printing and correcting, so it untypes as uniquely as it types.
1984, The Business Week - Part 6, page 201
The incredible WordEraserTM correction. It untypes whole words at a touch.
1985, Life - Volume 8, page 137
To untype something you just typed, you can also use Ctrl+Z.
1998, David C. Kay, Microsoft Works 4.5 for Windows For Dummies, page 87
For example, you may type some text and then use Undo to “untype” the text.
2013, Dan Gookin, Word 2013 For Dummies, page 47
To overcome or avoid the usual typecasting of. quotations examples
He deglamorizes the stars and untypes the character players.
1953, Connery Chappell, Picturegoer Film Annual, page 80
While Hollywood deserves credit for the attempt to untype her, yet she had best not stray so far from...
1954, Film News - Volumes 14-15, page 20
While it is Huston's talent to untype the familiar character actor by blowing up a particular physical gesture, he seems also to incapacitate actors with anticipated, summarized characters.
1971, Manny Farber, Negative Space: Manny Farber on the Movies, page 36