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unbuttoned

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verb

past tense of unbutton

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Recent Examples of unbuttoned
Adjective
Dan Smyers wore a black suit with the jacket unbuttoned and a white T-shirt underneath. Janelle Ash, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2024 In 2017, Vance often wore jeans, a button-down, open-collar shirt and an unbuttoned blazer during his book tour. Therèsa M. Winge, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024 This grey and white top cardigan can be worn as a top while buttoned up or left unbuttoned over a white tank for a more casual look. Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024 Jolie opted for a three-piece suit from Dolce & Gabbana, wearing a black blazer over a partially unbuttoned waistcoat, which showed off the swallow tattoo on her breastbone, as well as a sliver of midriff. Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unbuttoned 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbuttoned
Verb
  • The Dodgers came and went without them being unfurled in celebration.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The spacecraft, which is the size of a basketball court with its solar wings unfurled, carries an array of nice specialized instruments to study an ocean believed to be buried 10 to 15 miles under the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.
    Peter Weber, theweek, 15 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • My bed is unmade, a pile of unfolded laundry sits over my right shoulder, and a $9.99 Muhammad Ali poster hangs on my wall.
    thehustle.co, thehustle.co, 1 Nov. 2024
  • This is a phone for big hands and even my large paws struggle when typing messages on the unfolded screen.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Under new rules intended to stabilize California’s troubled home insurance market, insurers will be able to set rates by drawing on a wide swath of meteorological, geographic and other data in establishing rates, rather than largely relying on historical losses.
    Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Does the judge's ruling have wider implications for the case against Trump and 18 others?
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • In its own court filing Wednesday, the Free Beacon argued that divorce records were presumed unsealed and keeping them closed after two courts already agreed to unseal them hurts the public.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Seven years later, new evidence surfaced, with an unsealed transcript of the getaway driver’s guilty plea casting doubt on Hanzlik’s participation.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • If the absence of Succession has left a dark and gaping hole in your heart, formerly filled by the epic, desperate machinations of the one-percent: tune in.
    Vogue, Vogue, 19 July 2024
  • And that is just a gaping fundamental hole with the entire structure.
    David Pogue, CBS News, 30 June 2024

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“Unbuttoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbuttoned. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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