verb
- to undo stitches or remove threads from sewn material
- to analyze or examine something carefully in order to understand or criticize it
Usage: often used with arguments, theories, or complex issues
Examples
- She had to unpick the seam because she sewed it incorrectly.
- The tailor carefully unpicked the hem to make the dress longer.
- I need to unpick this embroidery and start over.
- The lawyer began to unpick the witness’s testimony.
- Critics unpicked every detail of the government’s new policy.
- The professor unpicked the flawed reasoning in the student’s argument.
- It took hours to unpick all the mistakes in the financial report.