WELL-KNIT Antonyms

• of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions

• lacking a visible order or organization

• completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing

• lacking orderly continuity

• taken apart at the joints

• separated at the joint

• not arranged in order

• thrown into a state of disarray or confusion

• lacking orderly continuity

• not compact or dense in structure or arrangement

• not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting

• not affixed

• without restraint

• (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player

• not officially recognized or controlled

• not literal

• emptying easily or excessively

• not tense or taut

• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

• not carefully arranged in a package

• having escaped, especially from confinement

• casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• turn loose or free from restraint

• make loose or looser

• become loose or looser or less tight

• dirty and disorderly

• dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve

• a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality

• a stretch of water without current or movement

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

• the quality of being loose (not taut)

• a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely

• not tense or taut

• flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide

• lacking in rigor or strictness

• avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

• be inattentive to, or neglect

• release tension on

• make less active or fast

• become slow or slower

• make less active or intense

• become less in amount or intensity

• cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water

• lacking neatness or order

• wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material

• (of soil) soft and watery

• not fitting closely; hanging loosely

• excessively or abnormally emotional

• marked by great carelessness

• not done

• doomed to extinction

• not fastened or tied or secured

• thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence

• not having or belonging to a structured whole

• not affiliated in a trade union

• not neat and tidy