unpick

[uhn-pik]

verb (used with object)

1. to take out the stitches of (sewing, knitting, etc.).

unpick

/ ʌnˈpɪk /

verb

1. to undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing)

2. to unravel or undo (a garment, etc)

3. obsolete,  to open (a door, lock, etc) by picking

Word History and Origins

Origin of unpick¹

1350–1400 for earlier sense; 1770–80 for current sense; Middle English unpiken to pick (a lock); un- ², pick ¹

Example Sentences

After the game, you can rate the players and join in the conversation as we unpick the game.

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If teams are finding specific ways to unpick a system, a manager failing to nullify that will concern fans.

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How soon before the National Guard is sent to harvest the unpicked crops in California’s Central Valley, as was the People’s Liberation Army during the era of Mao?

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But the fact is that good law takes time to write - and Reform would also have to unpick a lot of other laws too.

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ICE has raided farms, detaining workers or scaring them into not going to work, which has left farms with crops unpicked and rotting on the vine.

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