unpicked; unpicking; unpicks
: to undo by taking out stitches
unpick sewing/embroidery/knitting
Examples of unpick in a Sentence
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Avery had shown the world how to unpick the richest treasure box on earth and revealed the wealth waiting to be stolen from heathens’ pockets.
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Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Temperatures have been unprecedented in the North Atlantic, an area of ocean key to hurricane formation, surprising some scientists, who are still trying to unpick the exact causes.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Since the 1940s, scientists have been unpicking the mysteries of this vertical migration and the creatures taking part in it.
—WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
The skirt was very quick and easy to make as there was just one seam that needed unpicking and stitching back in a different place, so this only took one hour.
—Emily Chan, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2023
There are four fundamental problems that must be carefully unpicked in order to prevent standardization from undermining progress diversity and inclusion and five checks advised for those making procurement decisions.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 7 May 2023
For example, should an employee add value to a team with good nature, caring, or for being the person who spends hours unpicking small mistakes in process to streamline the sales process, are these acts of service recorded accurately?
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 7 May 2023
After charging ahead for weeks with a deeply contentious judicial overhaul that has unpicked the seams of Israeli society, Mr. Netanyahu sought to find another escape hatch.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
Nearly half of them are now living in makeshift settlements on the outskirts of Goma, relying on precarious humanitarian aid for survival as their crops rot, unpicked in their fields at home.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2023
Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Temperatures have been unprecedented in the North Atlantic, an area of ocean key to hurricane formation, surprising some scientists, who are still trying to unpick the exact causes.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Since the 1940s, scientists have been unpicking the mysteries of this vertical migration and the creatures taking part in it.
—WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
The skirt was very quick and easy to make as there was just one seam that needed unpicking and stitching back in a different place, so this only took one hour.
—Emily Chan, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2023
There are four fundamental problems that must be carefully unpicked in order to prevent standardization from undermining progress diversity and inclusion and five checks advised for those making procurement decisions.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 7 May 2023
For example, should an employee add value to a team with good nature, caring, or for being the person who spends hours unpicking small mistakes in process to streamline the sales process, are these acts of service recorded accurately?
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 7 May 2023
After charging ahead for weeks with a deeply contentious judicial overhaul that has unpicked the seams of Israeli society, Mr. Netanyahu sought to find another escape hatch.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
Nearly half of them are now living in makeshift settlements on the outskirts of Goma, relying on precarious humanitarian aid for survival as their crops rot, unpicked in their fields at home.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2023
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