Past tense of unpack
regular verb
The past tense of unpack is unpacked. The past participle is also unpacked.
Forms of unpack
| Base form (V1) | unpack /ʌnˈpæk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | unpacked |
| Past participle (V3) | unpacked |
| Present participle | unpacking |
| Third person singular | unpacks |
Unpacked in a sentence
- I worked all day and managed to get all the boxes unpacked.From the entry unpacked
- The unpacked gifts are on the table.From the entry unpacked
- I left the box, still unpacked, at our old house.From the entry unpacked
- I unpacked the parcels at once with an eager birthdayish feeling.2015, Nancy Buckingham, Return to Vienna. From the entry birthdayish
- He unpacked the billycan from his old rucksack and I got out the tea and sugar.1997, Ian Player, Zulu Wilderness: Shadow and Soul, page 69. From the entry billycan
Meaning of unpack
- verb To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
- verb To empty containers that had been packed.
- verb To analyze a concept or a text; to explain.
Questions about the past tense of unpack
- What is the past tense of unpack?
- The past tense of unpack is unpacked.
- What is the past participle of unpack?
- The past participle of unpack is unpacked.
- Is unpack a regular or irregular verb?
- Unpack is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unpack (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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