Untangled Definition & Meaning

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extricate, disentangle, untangle, disencumber, disembarrass mean to free from what binds or holds back. extricate implies the use of care or ingenuity in freeing from a difficult position or situation. extricated himself from financial difficulties disentangle and untangle suggest painstaking separation of a thing from other things. disentangling fact from fiction untangle a web of deceit disencumber implies a release from something that clogs or weighs down. an article disencumbered of jargon disembarrass suggests a release from something that impedes or hinders. disembarrassed herself of her advisers

Examples of untangle in a Sentence

She carefully untangled the child's hair. He untangled the garden hose.

Recent Examples on the Web Still others hope to untangle the relationship between genetics, viruses and the microbiome, the complex ecosystem of microorganisms that live inside our organs and digestive systems. — AZCentral.com, 5 May 2022 But for some mothers-to-be, their time was too near, the danger of fleeing too great, the complex calculus of risk impossible to untangle. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022 And scientists have only begun to untangle how these materials interfere with deep-sea food webs and the ocean’s natural carbon cycles. — New York Times, 3 Apr. 2022 In Jerusalem, the desires for knowledge, wealth and sanctity were hard to untangle. — Andrew Lawler, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2022 Alfred narrowly escapes with his life and embarks on a harrowing yet transformative journey through the woods — and symbolically his dark and knotty mind — that forces him to untangle his conflicted feelings about fame. — Darren Franich, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2022 Many oligarchs use shell companies that shield their ownership, leaving authorities to untangle a layer of companies before discovering the true owner. — Kara Scannell And Jessica Schneider, CNN, 5 Mar. 2022 At the population level, that confusion will make the occurrence and types of long Covid more difficult to untangle. — Maryn Mckenna, Wired, 24 Nov. 2021 Alas, no one expects supply chains to untangle any time soon. — Allison Mcneely, Bloomberg.com, 19 Nov. 2021 See More

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