unwoven

Threads pulled apart

Unwoven describes fabric or material that has been taken apart from a woven state, or that was never woven to begin with.

Figuratively, something unwoven has been unraveled or deconstructed: The detective slowly unwoven the web of lies.

As the past participle of unweave, it describes anything whose interlaced structure has come undone.

fabric

unraveled

Came undone or solved

separated · threadbare · disentangled · unknotted · unwound · detached · unfastened · unpicked · unstitched · unbraided

textile

thread

Fiber for stitching

strand · warp · weft · loom · spindle · bobbin · wool · silk · cotton · linen

metaphor

disconnected

Separated from a source

scattered · broken · incomplete · unfinished · disrupted · interrupted · unstructured · loose · undeveloped · unformed

tangled

snarled

Growled or knotted

twisted · entangled · messy · chaotic · disordered · raveled · muddled · disheveled · unkempt · confused

Opposites
textile construction state

unwovenwoven

Interlaced on loom

interwoven · knitted · braided · plaited · crocheted

structural integration

unwoveninterwoven

Laced through one another

woven · interlaced · interconnected · intertwined · enmeshed

Family

weave, woven, wove, weaves, weaver, interweave, weavers, unweave, reweave

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