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Discover LudwigThe word 'unselect' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the action of removing a selection or choice that you have previously made. For example: "I unselected my original choice after finding out more information about the product."
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unselect
verb
To cancel a previous selection, especially by removing a mark from a tick box
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The term of art is that the data was "unselected".
Although he was initially regarded as one of the top fullbacks available for the draft, he went unselected after sustaining a hamstring injury at the league's scouting combine in 2011.
After tryouts, our league director chose the 13 best players for our team, leaving about six kids unselected.
England have a strong pool of fast bowlers, though there are slight concerns over Chris Woakes's ability to take wickets overseas – he has eight in seven Tests – and major worries that Steven Finn, who bowled thrillingly in South Africa only a year ago but was unselected in India, will never deliver on his huge potential.
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