adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To unravel.

   "Exhaustion will unknit even the ordered mind."

2. 2
   To undo knitted stitches by reversing the knitting motion.

Adjective

1. 1
   Not knitted. not-comparable

Synonyms

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tinktink

Example

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"Exhaustion will unknit even the ordered mind."

Etymology

From Middle English unknitten, unknetten, uncnütten, from Old English uncnyttan, equivalent to un- + knit.

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