unknotted; unknotting
: to undo a knot in
unknot a rope
an unknotted tie
Examples of unknot in a Sentence
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That means that there’s a sequence of two crossing changes that unknots the lefthand side of the connect sum, and a sequence of three crossing changes that unknots the righthand side.
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Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
What at first presents itself as a survival horror, though, slowly unknots itself with twists and turns.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
In nearly eight years, the Republican has appointed nearly 60 percent of the state’s 418 justices, installing judges who will oversee murder trials, reshape constitutional law, and unknot thorny civil litigation for years, if not decades, to come.
—Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
The idea is that a meditative approach can allow people to feel with resilience and unknot the ropework of repression without being flooded into despair.
—Hazlitt, 15 Sep. 2022
Being an open-ended query is an ideal state for an online girl, who will doubtless find a million other users hoping to provide her answer, helping to unknot her prettily furrowed brow.
—Philippa Snow, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2022
Acupressure mats can also improve circulation, unknot tight muscles, and improve sleep.
—Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 2 Aug. 2022
If someone comes up with an algorithm that can unknot any knot in what’s called polynomial time, that will put the Unknotting Problem fully to rest.
—Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2022
One of the issues the Supreme Court must unknot is whether Kennedy was praying as a private citizen or as an assistant coach and school employee.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022
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Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
What at first presents itself as a survival horror, though, slowly unknots itself with twists and turns.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
In nearly eight years, the Republican has appointed nearly 60 percent of the state’s 418 justices, installing judges who will oversee murder trials, reshape constitutional law, and unknot thorny civil litigation for years, if not decades, to come.
—Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
The idea is that a meditative approach can allow people to feel with resilience and unknot the ropework of repression without being flooded into despair.
—Hazlitt, 15 Sep. 2022
Being an open-ended query is an ideal state for an online girl, who will doubtless find a million other users hoping to provide her answer, helping to unknot her prettily furrowed brow.
—Philippa Snow, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2022
Acupressure mats can also improve circulation, unknot tight muscles, and improve sleep.
—Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 2 Aug. 2022
If someone comes up with an algorithm that can unknot any knot in what’s called polynomial time, that will put the Unknotting Problem fully to rest.
—Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2022
One of the issues the Supreme Court must unknot is whether Kennedy was praying as a private citizen or as an assistant coach and school employee.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022
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“Unknot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unknot. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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