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unfilter

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ filter.

Verb

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unfilter (third-person singular simple present unfilters, present participle unfiltering, simple past and past participle unfiltered)

  1. (transitive) To undo the filtering of (data, etc.), or remove a filter from.
    • 2015, Peter Weverka, Office 2016 All-In-One For Dummies:
      Click the OK button on the column's dropdown list or the Custom AutoFilter dialog box to filter your list. To see all the data in the list again — to unfilter the list — click the Clear button on the Data tab.

Noun

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unfilter (plural unfilters)

  1. (computing, data) The lack or absence of a filter
  2. (informal) A filterless cigarette