Definition of "unknit" [un•knit]

• To unravel or undo (something knit or tied) or become unraveled or undone. (verb-transitive)

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• "It will probably be unknit as soon as I can figure out what else to do with it."
• "Ouuu, I been in there all that time, you nasty man. iv When I saw her come out of that box like a disinterred corpse out of a crypt, I felt a terrible, helpless horror come stealing through me, beginning at the heart and radiating outward, threatening to first loosen all my muscles and then unknit them completely."
• "He scarcely appeared half his usual height; his joints were unknit, his limbs would not support him; his face was contracted, his eye wandering; debility of purpose and dastard fear were expressed in every gesture."