unhinged
adjective
un·hinged
ˌən-ˈhinjd 
: highly disturbed, unstable, or distraught
attacked by an unhinged extremist
Somewhere along the way, her pursuit of a hot guy turned into unhinged obsession.—
Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan"Is this a new brand of humour? Or is your brain really unhinged?" inquired Tommy.—Agatha Christie
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Agatha ChristieExamples of unhinged in a Sentence
destined to become one of the nation's most notorious serial killers, he apparently became unhinged as a result of being abandoned as a young teen
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The night before a professional football player’s annual scouting Combine, he is attacked by an unhinged fan and suffers a potentially career-ending brain trauma.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Both extremes—the unhinged and the unbothered—get it wrong.
—Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
After deciding to take his family to a tourist town for some fun in the sun, a minor encounter with local bullies yanks the family into the crosshairs of an unhinged, blood-thirsty crime boss (Sharon Stone), who is determined to derail his relaxation.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Though Ava was briefly portrayed by the actresses Sara Fletcher and Linsey Godfrey in recent years, the unhinged and obsessive Ava is synonymous with Braun, who played the character in 2008, returned from 2015-2016, and then enjoyed another six-year run that ended this past April.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Both extremes—the unhinged and the unbothered—get it wrong.
—Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
After deciding to take his family to a tourist town for some fun in the sun, a minor encounter with local bullies yanks the family into the crosshairs of an unhinged, blood-thirsty crime boss (Sharon Stone), who is determined to derail his relaxation.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Though Ava was briefly portrayed by the actresses Sara Fletcher and Linsey Godfrey in recent years, the unhinged and obsessive Ava is synonymous with Braun, who played the character in 2008, returned from 2015-2016, and then enjoyed another six-year run that ended this past April.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Unhinged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhinged. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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