unpacked; unpacking; unpacks
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2
: to remove or undo from packing or a container
unpacked his gear
3
: to analyze the nature of by examining in detail : explicate
unpack a concept
4
: decompress sense 2
unpack a compressed file
: to engage in unpacking a container
unpacker
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Examples of unpack in a Sentence
It's been a year since I moved here and I still haven't unpacked all of my books.
I unpacked my suitcase as soon as I arrived home.
By the time we got to the hotel, I was too tired to unpack.
She's good at unpacking complex concepts.
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Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
Melania Trump also was missing from the photo — and probably for reasons that could take a while to unpack.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Sabon's 31-day offering is actually one 24-day box, one 7-day box sold together, and both are a whole lot of fun to unpack.
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Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
Leslie Jamison’s memoir, Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story, unpacks the emotional transformations of divorce and motherhood with raw, unflinching honesty.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
Melania Trump also was missing from the photo — and probably for reasons that could take a while to unpack.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Sabon's 31-day offering is actually one 24-day box, one 7-day box sold together, and both are a whole lot of fun to unpack.
—Jackie Fields, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Unpack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpack. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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unpack
verb
un·pack
ˌən-ˈpak 
ˈən-
1
: to separate and remove things packed
got home and unpacked
2
: to open and remove the contents of
unpack a trunk
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