unpack
verb (used with object)
to undo or remove the contents from (a box, trunk, etc.).
unpacked
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past participleof unpack.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof unpack.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
unpackverb (used with object)to undo or remove the contents from (a box, trunk, etc.).
Example Sentences
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The opinion insists that courts do more than identify a historical cousin to a modern law by examining whether the analogy survives scrutiny once its details are unpacked.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Ups & Downs” is an instrumental with a droning keyboard—perhaps a harmonium—along with a clarinet and clattering percussion that sounds like a drum kit being slowly unpacked from its case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
By October 2024, they had taken their relationship to the next level by moving in together in a Los Angeles dwelling, with Ballerini telling People: “We’re unpacked, baby!”
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
These were some of the questions that three prominent athlete stylists — Brittany Hampton, Courtney Mays and Dex Robinson — unpacked last week at the panel “Game Changers: Where Sport Meets Style.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Ma unpacked my suitcase … which means she’s serious about this.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
