untwisted

[ uhn-twis-tid ]

adjective

1. not twisted.

Word History and Origins

Origin of untwisted¹

First recorded in 1565–75; un- ¹ + twist + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Many a twisted wreck had come to their hands to be straightened, untwisted, flattened out and replaced.

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Mary-'Gusta hurriedly untwisted her legs and scrambled from beneath the dust cover of the surrey.

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He untwisted the paper in his hand and held it in the candle flame until it burned to cinders.

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Cotton and linen thread of the finest quality, untwisted, should be used for darning stockings and underwear.

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Then she untwisted it, and the basket could come down, with Mun Bun in it.

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