as in untied
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as in loosened
to disengage the knotted parts of
gently unfastened the strings of the baby's hood
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfastened
Adjective
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The property comes with a detached garage with a stylish glass garage door and a car charger.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
29 Mar. 2025 -
The designation includes the original detached garage, pool and relevant landscape design elements.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Financial conditions have loosened.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
18 Dec. 2024
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The man eventually loosened the binding on one of the woman’s hands and left.—
Kevin Grasha,
The Enquirer,
11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Season-ending surgeries for Grant Williams (ACL) and Brandon Miller (right wrist) were like sticking an unattached pump needle into the air hole on a basketball, completely deflating it.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2025
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This behavior qualifies as tool use because dogs use an unattached object (a stick) to modify their own condition (relieving tooth pain or cleaning teeth) while holding and manipulating it with their paws.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Other policies vastly expand federal power, such as his expansion of an imperial presidency unbound by congressional or judicial restraint.—
Steven Greenhut,
Orange County Register,
21 Feb. 2025
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Casa Batlló and Casa Milá give you a glimpse into the fluid thoughts and unbound creativity that make Gaudi’s works architectural wonders.—
Rebecca Deurlein,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Members accompanied an exodus of millions of Venezuelans, the overwhelming majority of whom were seeking better living conditions after their nation’s economy came undone last decade.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
TIME,
23 Mar. 2025
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Tren de Aragua originated in an infamously lawless prison in Venezuela and accompanied an exodus of millions of Venezuelans, the overwhelming majority of whom were seeking better living conditions after their nation’s economy came undone last decade.—
Marcos Alemán and Regina Garcia Cano,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But the two biggest policy issues Democrats whiffed on last year were inflation — caused partly by federal government overspending — and an unsecured southern border that allowed countless immigrants to stream into the country illegally.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2025
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For more information on safe firearm storage and the most effective ways to protect children from unsecured firearms, visit BeSMARTforkids.org.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Imagine if a book publisher demanded that authors write books for free and, instead of employing in-house editors, relied on other authors to edit those books, also for free.—
Sheon Han,
Wired News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Given that the Browns have gone through two waves of free agency without adding a clear-cut starting quarterback, there’s either a long-term plan or there were multiple misses along the way.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Unfastened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfastened. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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