adj
unraveled
adj
1
Untangled, undone, or figured out after being confusing or knotted.
"The case remained unraveled for a decade before new evidence surfaced."
"By the final chapter, every thread of the plot was fully unraveled."
How to Use Unraveled
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe state of having been untangled, solved, or fallen apart.
Common pairings
fully unraveled
left unraveled
Word Forms
more unraveled comparative, most unraveled superlative
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Etymology
The past participle of unravel, formed by adding -ed.