uncrumpled

crum·pled

[kruhm-puhld]
adjective
1.
rumpled; wrinkled; crushed.
2.
bent in a spiral curve: a crumpled ram's horn.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English; variant of crimpled, past participle of crimple

un·crum·pled, adjective
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crumple
c.1300, crumplen, freq. of crumpen "to curl up," from O.E. crump "bent, crooked."
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