unpicked

/ (ʌnˈpɪkt) /


adjective
  1. (of knitting, sewing, etc) having been unravelled or picked out

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How to use unpicked in a sentence

  • Then she knit her brows, and pinched and compressed her lips tight, and carefully unpicked the G. H.

    North and South | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
  • Never cut all the leaves of plants growing from bulbs, but allow those that are unpicked to die down naturally.

  • She took the pillow case, and unpicked a few stitches, which clearly indicated that the needle had been taking giant strides.

    Back To Billabong | Mary Grant Bruce
  • There are at least a dozen pillows to be unpicked and their contents well sorted, and sprinkled with lime.

  • Sometime in August of this year, there was a large quantity of yellow unpicked cotton lying in the gin house.

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus | American Anti-Slavery Society