as in straightened
to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls
the new highway will largely unbend that twisting path that the old road used to follow
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as in untwisted
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbent
Verb
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Meanwhile, Kardashian’s hair was slicked and tied into a bun in the back of her head, with a small section straightened and left out on the right.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025 -
But it got straightened around pretty quick.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As torque decreases, the flexible shaft elastically moves back to its untwisted state and the blade pitch drops again.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 May 2025
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Tight at first, a little funky when the screw cap is untwisted, this wine soon revels in its freedom and reveals juicy blackberry, boysenberry, cherry and raspberry flavors.—
Dave McIntyre,
Washington Post,
12 May 2022
Adjective
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In stark contrast to CNN+ or the Max programming, All Access delivers 16 hours of the same live, linear feed of CNN paid watched by pay-TV subscribers.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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The growing divide doesn’t separate streaming and linear—in fact, those two distribution approaches increasingly mirror each other.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Unbent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbent. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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