unfriend
verb
un·friend
ˌən-ˈfrend 
unfriended; unfriending; unfriends
: to remove (someone) from a list of designated friends on a person's social networking website
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Just wanted to let everybody know to go out there and unfriend this person.
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 15 Apr. 2025
Our own Shira Ovide is prepared to unfriend anyone who leaves her a FaceTime voice mail (FaceMail?).
—Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
Be sure to hide your friend lists and even temporarily unfriend those who share your last name.
—Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 1 May 2022
Acquaintances unfriend adherents on Facebook, and in real life, after seeing one too many posts calling NASA a satanic psyop.
—Kelly Weill, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2022
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 15 Apr. 2025
Our own Shira Ovide is prepared to unfriend anyone who leaves her a FaceTime voice mail (FaceMail?).
—Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
Be sure to hide your friend lists and even temporarily unfriend those who share your last name.
—Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 1 May 2022
Acquaintances unfriend adherents on Facebook, and in real life, after seeing one too many posts calling NASA a satanic psyop.
—Kelly Weill, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2022
See All Example Sentences for unfriend
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“Unfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfriend. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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