unthreatening

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Another shows him unthreading white bed sheets in his home.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2021

Traditionally, a thick slice of white bread came with the skewers, both as an aide for unthreading the meat and for delivering it to your mouth.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2015

To this cause has been attributed the numerous misprints in those early specimens of the printers’ art, to correct which would have involved the unthreading of every line in which a typographical error occurred.

From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.

Life, in such a case, may not offer a field of sufficient extent for unthreading the fatal links that have been wound about the machinery of health and have crippled its natural play.

From The Opium Habit by Day, Horace B.

Thread can be knotted into the eye of the needle if for any reason it is required to be quite safe from accidental unthreading.

From Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving by Christie, Grace