unmute

verb

un·​mute ˌən-ˈmyüt 

unmuted; unmuting; unmutes

transitive verb

: to allow (something previously muted) to produce sound again : to stop muting (something)

At the end of the commercial break, I unmuted the TV and leaned forward …

—Camille Minichino

Examples of unmute in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Stacey Wales 15 subscribers A.I. of Murdered Chris Pelkey Makes His Own Impact Statement at Sentencing (a court 1st), with Judge Stacey Wales Search Watch later Share Copy link Info Shopping Tap to unmute If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. —David K. Li, NBC news, 7 May 2025

Hear rare audio from the Fall of Saigon CBS Sunday Morning Search Watch later Share Copy link Info Shopping Tap to unmute If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. —David Martin, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2025

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Flipping the boom down unmutes the mic and answers a call. —Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unmute

• acute
• aleut
• astute
• beetroot
• breadfruit
• cheroot
• commute
• compute
• confute
• dilute
• dispute
• elute