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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But the detached garage and a guest cottage were destroyed, as were all but three or four of the 20 or so houses on their block near the Altadena Golf Course.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025 -
Steps lead down to a heated swimming pool, and elsewhere on the property are fruit-bearing citrus trees, raised garden boxes and an original detached bomb shelter.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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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The blaze lit up the sky on Summer Street in the North Shore community in a fire in an unattached two-story garage with a long driveway, posing another challenge, according to social media posts.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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Only one of Grande’s quartet of current appearances on the Official Streaming list is unattached to Wicked.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Fantasmas, meanwhile, feels totally unbound by color.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
18 Dec. 2024
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But such revelry for Cuba’s outcasts, for the first time allowed to be unbound, comes at an unthinkable price.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Anyone who has worked on a car, tended a garden, or written a computer program can tell you that systems are complicated, and always leaking, dying, or coming undone.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2025
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Boho is fun and pleasing to look at—but just a little undone.—
Maggie Gillette,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The filing also details various financial agreements, including loan agreements with Simplot Taiwan Inc. and Trung Doan, and amendments to convertible unsecured promissory notes. SemiLEDs does not anticipate cash dividend payments to common stockholders in the near future.—
Quartz Bot,
Quartz,
13 Jan. 2025
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This increase is largely due to employees working on personal devices, connecting to unsecured Wi-Fi networks, or falling victim to phishing attempts.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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To get a free copy of their book Home to Home Local Edition – Kansas City Metro, Kansas and Missouri, just call the office.—
Archway Homes,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2025
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.—
Andy Hoglund,
EW.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Unfastened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfastened. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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