unnest

/ˈənɛst/

Definitions

1. verb

to remove the nesting or grouping of something, such as a list or a set of related items.

“The programmer needed to unnest the data to analyze it properly.”

2. verb

to remove or eliminate the nesting or grouping of something, such as a layer of abstraction.

“The data scientist had to unnest the complex model to understand its components.”

3. noun

the act of removing the nesting or grouping of something.

“The unnesting process took several hours to complete.”

4. verb

to make something not nested or grouped.

“The software was designed to unnest the data for easier access.”

Synonyms

  • unpack
  • unravel

Antonyms

  • group
  • nest