0 present participle of unpick --
1 to cut or remove the stitches from a line of sewing --
2 If you unpick a difficult subject, you separate and examine its different parts carefully: --
If I try to unpick my own motivation, I think mostly I was jealous.
He expertly unpicks the significant features of each painting.
3 to gradually destroy or remove the good effects of what someone has done or created: --
I fear that we are being led in that direction, and that we are unpicking delicate questions that may leave the very monarchy exposed.
It is almost impossible fully to understand the trauma that would result from unpicking cases in which adoption has taken place.
She and her new husband are willing to manage without it, but there is no retrospection and no unpicking the situation.
Unpicking some of the schemes would cause an injustice, as it is impossible to harmonise across the range of different provisions.
He suggested that some of our amendments would go rather far in unpicking the agreement.
Nevertheless, it would be difficult to begin unpicking the formula now.
This leads to complex situations involving three or sometimes four parties, and the unpicking of such transactions creates particular difficulties.
They go to the heart of the clause, and could not be addressed without unpicking it.
