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Also Inflected form of unwind

unwound

un·wound

UK/ʌnˈwuːnd/ US/ʌˈnwaʊnd/ uncommon rare

adjective

1.

no longer wound

  • “the thread has come unwound”
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Origin

From un- + wound (“to hurt”). Possibly backformed from the more common unwounded.

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