unhooked

Definition of unhookednext
past tense of unhook

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhooked
Verb
  • Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
  • 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, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • As a millennial Jewish woman who supports progressive candidates, this attitude feels stale and disconnected from the current political moment.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The California Department of Public Health’s investigators found a hospice agency’s door locked and the phone disconnected.
    Jason Henry, Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Hamm, meanwhile, described himself as remarkably detached from his own belongings.
    Ryan Brennan April 1, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But string theory was still totally detached from empirical reality.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Using the act, congressional Republicans undid an RMP for the entire state, which was passed during the Biden Administration.
    Alex Heard, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
  • At least until a three-minute stretch undid all that work.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Bank, a New York surgeon who founded a clinic focused on post-mastectomy pain, said the pain is believed to be triggered by nerves that are severed during surgery and then left that way.
    Brett Kelman, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Photos of the aftermath of the strike, which killed eight people and injured dozens of others, showed the B1 bridge just outside the Iranian capital severed in half.
    Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Terms of UsePrivacy Policy Terms of UsePrivacy Policy Some fans attribute that to past infidelity and her being dissociated from the sentimental moment as a result.
    Essence, Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
  • These operating agreements provided that if a member of the LLCs filed or was forced into bankruptcy, then the bankrupt member would be immediately dissociated from the LLC and no longer will receive distributions.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nigo has mostly favored coed shows during the men’s calendar in Paris since 2022, but had recently uncoupled them to give womenswear a bigger spotlight.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025
  • In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, their estate will be divided amongst my siblings and the portion that would be mine will go to a charity of my parent’s choice.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • We’re divided over politics, over the climate, over the Beckhams.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Unhooked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhooked. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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