unspin
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To counteract or decipher a complicated web of lies, statements, arguments, traditions, etc.
Example Sentences
- "They cannot unspin or unweave themselves, they are threads either of warp or woof."
- "Do you know how Penelope passed her days in spinning and her nights in ravelling her web? This is why her name is given to all the women who imitate her, who spin and unspin."
- "Many weavers "unspin" the yarns and respin them to a finer weight."
- "Since pen and ink cannot alter facts, nor clotho herself unspin the thread of destiny ( § 39 ) , the historian's sole business is to narrate what has happened;"
- "But you, you must unspin fate, go back to find Robin!"
- "No, the prophecy says Kane will be unspun. Not that this person has the power to unspin him."
Etymology
From un- + spin.