Usually means: Gradually coming apart or failing.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word unravelling:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. unravelling: Merriam-Webster
  2. unravelling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. unravelling: Collins English Dictionary
  4. unravelling: Vocabulary.com
  5. Unravelling, unravelling: Wordnik
  6. unravelling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. unravelling: Wiktionary
  8. unravelling: Dictionary.com
  9. unravelling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Unravelling (album), Unravelling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. unravelling: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Cigar Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. unravelling: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (unravelling)

▸ noun:  The act of becoming unravelled.

Similar:
unravelment, unwinding, unrolling, uncoiling, untwisting, unrollment, unpicking, deplication, disentangling, untwister, more...

Opposite:
unraveling, unwinding, untying

Types:
coming undone, disintegrating, deteriorating, declining, worsening, more...

Adjectives:
final, gradual, slow, further, whole, worth, careful, complete, rapid, dramatic, progressive



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Similar:
unravelment, unwinding, unrolling, uncoiling, untwisting, unrollment, unpicking, deplication, disentangling, untwister, more...

Opposite:
unraveling, unwinding, untying

Types:
coming undone, disintegrating, deteriorating, declining, worsening, more...

Adjectives:
final, gradual, slow, further, whole, worth, careful, complete, rapid, dramatic, progressive



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