Verb (used with object) : Each statement could be unpacked in the general theory. From Dictionary.com.
I unpacked, which is to say, hung up my one suit, slightly crumpled from the squashy satchel, and then went to work again on the telephone. From Wordnik.com. [In The Frame]
He called on privatisation packages to be "unpacked" and reveal who was being empowered. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The word 'unpacked' means different things depending on whether it happens before or after the goal is met. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: STILL UNPACKED.] Reference
I think this issue needs a little time to be "unpacked" though so I'm not sure about any immediate impact on polls. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Camp Hits Obama Over Private Assertion To Teamsters] Reference
The meeting had been "very profitable" and some of the difficulties experienced on campuses recently had been "unpacked". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Aid packages were being "unpacked" to assess how they could best benefit the country's "macro-economic balance", he said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Before the goal, say a move, 'unpacked' means not yet packed, ie, disorganized "Honey, do we have any more unpacked boxes?". From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: STILL UNPACKED.] Reference
Held by Samsung, "unpacked" promoted the company's. From Wordnik.com. [Marketnews Latest News] Reference
Or do you know where I can find "unpacked" plugin?. From Wordnik.com. [News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] Reference
(By all moved in, of course I don’t mean unpacked, that is a month long process.). From Wordnik.com. [2006 June – Grasping for the Wind] Reference
Characters that could not be fully expressed are "unpacked" and shown within braces, top to bottom. From Wordnik.com. [English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day] Reference
Joe sat on the bed while Martin unpacked. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 16] Reference
We unpacked the good old boats rather reluctantly. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
We fried bacon, made toast, unpacked our few dishes. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
Arthur unpacked for a moment and stayed for four years. From Wordnik.com. [Giving Respect to Dads Who Adopt] Reference
The lack of access point, unpacked, hit on a lot of causes. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Murphy: UN Week Digital Media Lounge: Panel on TB] Reference
So I unpacked my bundles, and settled down for a rough time. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
We quickly showered, unpacked and shook out our wrinkled clothes. From Wordnik.com. [Welcome To Cape Town] Reference
The boys were hilarious as they unpacked their stuff at the Orphan. From Wordnik.com. [The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure] Reference
When Nellie unpacked her bag she brought out something for Freddie. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore] Reference
There were some new specimens, just unpacked, and all crowded together. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
From the rolling suitcases, they unpacked their brightly lacquered armor. From Wordnik.com. [The Insult of Warlord Reishi] Reference
By last week he had carefully unpacked his books and memorabilia in Chappaqua. From Wordnik.com. [The Longest Goodbye] Reference
I got back to the hotel at three in the morning, unpacked and answered emails. From Wordnik.com. [Morris Ruskin: My Toronto Film Festival] Reference
As soon as Doc unpacked his bag, we got in his car and drove to the liquor store. From Wordnik.com. [Mona] Reference
When the first episode ended, everyone unpacked the rest of the merchandise. From Wordnik.com. [The Impossible Man - Ep.1 : The Employee, the Package, and the Oddity] Reference
It had never entered my mind to look inside of each and every book I had lovingly unpacked. From Wordnik.com. [Honey Seltzer: Nora Ephron Almost Read My Book] Reference
He puffed in with one last brown-wrapped parcel, which he unpacked to display a leather saddle. From Wordnik.com. [Blind Man's Lantern] Reference
After the reception the gig looms up quickly: there is equipment to be moved, unpacked and set up. From Wordnik.com. [Tim Dowling: Wet, wet… And wet] Reference
Maya unpacked her bag, and gratefully stripped off her boots and socks, her tunic and baggy trousers. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference
Within an hour of being unpacked from the boxes that came on a gray metal hand truck, they were gone. From Wordnik.com. [Famine] Reference
We began merging households in earnest when Candy sold her home in May, and hope to be completely unpacked by August — of 2012. From Wordnik.com. [It’s Not About the Flatware] Reference
Yet when I unpacked my left arm and stomach like a guitar, I contaminated the living room with the snapped chords of my fingers. From Wordnik.com. [Even My Air Guitar Is Lame] Reference
Instead, I unpacked my Martin acoustical six-sting guitar, strapped it over my shoulder, and stood in the shadows waiting for my cue. From Wordnik.com. [Along Came Doreen] Reference
A small silent gentleman has unpacked the contents of a small boutique in the living room; Tareq tells her she can pick whatever she wants. From Wordnik.com. [Whose house is THAT?: D.C. "Housewives" recap and fact-check (#2, Aug. 12)] Reference
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