different between unquote vs unquoted

English

un- +? quote; possibly an eggcorn of end quote.

unquote

Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.
- 2012, Jim Broadbent as Vyvyan Ayrs, Cloud Atlas, circa 1:28:04
  Mackerras himself wrote, and I quote: "He is a prostitute, whose liaisons with perverts and sodomites were commonplace in his brief and forgettable career at Caius. Lock up the silverware." Unquote.

unquote (third-person singular simple present unquotes, present participle unquoting, simple past and past participle unquoted)

(transitive, computing) To convert (a quoted expression) back to its original form.

un- +? quoted

unquoted (not comparable)

Not quoted on the stock exchange.
Not enclosed in quotation marks.
Not having been quoted; whose words have not been repeated by others.
a forgotten and unquoted poet

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