unsay
To withdraw, retractTo withdraw, retract (something said).
» It would have been better if you had left it unsaid.
Es wäre besser gewesen, wenn du das nicht gesagt hättest.
Лучше бы ты этого не говорил.
Meaning
2 sensesTo withdraw, retract (something said).
To cause something not to have been said; to make it so that one never said something (since this is physically impossible, usually in the subjunctive).
I wish I could unsay that.
There are some things I'd like to unsay... to my boss... right before he decided to fire me.
- take back what one has said
Examples
17 sentencesIt would have been better if you had left it unsaid.
ruЛучше бы ты этого не говорил.
deEs wäre besser gewesen, wenn du das nicht gesagt hättest.
Some things are best left unsaid.
ruНекоторые вещи лучше оставить невысказанными.
deManche Dinge bleiben besser ungesagt.
Some things are better left unsaid.
ruНекоторые вещи лучше оставить несказанными.
deManche Dinge bleiben besser ungesagt.
It would be better to leave it unsaid.
Буде краще лишити це несказаним.
deEs wäre besser, es ungesagt zu lassen.
My love for you won't let me tell you everything. Some things are better left unsaid.
deMeine Liebe zu dir erlaubt mir nicht, dir alles anzuvertrauen. Manche Dinge bleiben besser ungesagt.
Origin
From Middle English unseyen, unseien, from Old English onseċġan (“to deny, renounce”), froFrom Middle English unseyen, unseien, from Old English onseċġan (“to deny, renounce”), from Proto-West Germanic *andasaggjan (“to unsay, renounce, deny”), equivalent to un- + say. Cognate with Dutch ontzeggen (“to deny”), German entsagen (“to renounce, abjure”).
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Forms
unsays, unsaying, unsaid, unsaidSynonyms
5 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle