unhinged; unhinging; unhinges
1
2
: to remove from the hinges
unhinge a door
Examples of unhinge in a Sentence
the endless harassment by the guards completely unhinged the prisoners of war
I was momentarily unhinged by the unexpected question.
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Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
The birds unhinged their beaks as if to make a loud sound.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
And Jane is really unhinged, and is referred to throughout the play as being unhinged.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
This is where fashion goes full fantasy, sometimes genius, sometimes completely unhinged.
—Alex Badia, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
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“Unhinge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhinge. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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unhinge
verb
un·hinge
ˌən-ˈhinj 
1
: unsettle sense 2, disrupt
a mind unhinged by grief
2
: to remove (as a door) from the hinges
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