Definition of "unpacks" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unpack. (verb)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Le Guin unpacks this infuriating adjective and explains Aeneas to us much better than any translation could."
• "Composite annotations are instead supported via an AnnotatedElements interface, which provides all the familiar annotation-related methods, and "unpacks" registered composite annotations to their "leaf" types."
• "Though "The Dictator's Handbook" contains many points that are common-sensical—of course government transfer payments ensure voter loyalty—the pithy volume unpacks these political truisms, challenging readers to apply them to contemporaneous politics."