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adjective

as in untied

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unfastened

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verb

past tense of unfasten
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 unfastened
Verb
Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me. — Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026 Adama unfastened a padlock and loosened the chain securing the doors. — Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025 Kelce unfastened the clasp on another necklace and then a third, before Chris Jones, his teammate for a decade, walked over and approached him. — Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2026 After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfastened
  1. untied
  2. loosened
  3. detached
  4. undid
  5. unattached
  6. unbound
  7. undone
  8. unsecured
Adjective
  • While Salomon sneakers are, in part, known for their shoelaces that never come untied, this pair doesn’t have any at all.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
  • Grandaddy, unbeaten and untied and still heavyweight champion of the college football world.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Definition of untied
Verb
  • Plus, the straps can be tightened or loosened to your liking.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • The ruling is the latest in a series of Supreme Court decisions that have loosened campaign finance restrictions, overturning a 2001 precedent that upheld the spending limits.
    — Michel Martin, NPR, 1 July 2026
Definition of loosened
Adjective
  • Or a pig’s leg lying off to the side, detached and jittering, could resemble Ted’s leg.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • They got approved for a mortgage on a £150,000 (about $198,441) two-bedroom, semi-detached house in Seaham, England.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
Definition of detached
Verb
  • This movie completely undid my sense of what that type of filmmaking could be.
    — Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Shamar Joseph then used the favorable overcast bowling conditions to perfection when his impeccable swing undid Kamindu Mendis, who left a delivery that swung back enough to knock back the off stump.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 June 2026
Definition of undid
Adjective
  • Finally, showering within two hours of coming indoors can help wash away any unattached ticks.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • There are now more unattached women in the country than married ones.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of unattached
Adjective
  • Then the coach known as the most impulsive man on an NFL sideline runs that stop sign, grits his teeth and breaks unbound into character.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • His vibrant original compositions were faithfully reproduced using stencil and combined with an original text written by the artist to form the unbound book.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of unbound
Adjective
  • The undone to-do list has become a social occasion.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
  • Here's a looser, more undone example.
    — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 24 June 2026
Definition of undone
Adjective
  • Credit-rating agency NICE Investors Service subsequently slashed JTBC’s unsecured bond rating from BBB Negative to CCC, while Korea Ratings downgraded it from BBB Negative to BB under negative review.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 July 2026
  • In many situations, unsecured creditors such as credit card companies must absorb the remaining loss.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of unsecured

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