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verb

past tense of unbutton

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Recent Examples of unbuttoned
Adjective
In the image, the 24-year-old can be seen wearing a completely unbuttoned red blouse, matching red pants, and matching stilettos. Emma Banks, InStyle, 21 Jan. 2026 She was accompanied on the red carpet by her husband, music producer Benny Blanco, who wore a black suit with an unbuttoned shirt and statement brooch. Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026 Artisanal, electric energy has occupied the grand bones of this intoxicating city, with young creatives animating the unbuttoned cafés and bars filling its old town’s squares—the air always hot and heavy with wafts of arancini and zucchini fritti. Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026 Curtis wore white pants, a black T-shirt, and an unbuttoned blue denim shirt and accessorized (well, used) a cane, apparently due to an injury. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unbuttoned
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbuttoned
Adjective
  • One of the enduring images from the uprising of two months ago was endless unzipped black body bags lining the streets.
    Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Gisele Bündchen radiated in an unzipped, high-cut wetsuit and beachy waves for her new Garnier campaign.
    Christina Perrier, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • On Friday, hundreds of Kurds carried flames in a procession up the mountain under purple-black storm clouds, leaving the burning burlap torches lighting the darkness next to a giant Kurdish flag unfurled by the path.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Then, after the 2020 race cancellation debacle as the COVID-19 pandemic unfurled, Bahrain took over in that slot.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
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
Adjective
  • The unfolded detail does not go unnoticed and is very much respected and appreciated.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Flexible layouts adapt apps to the unfolded screen, making multitasking feel more natural.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Rex, a 3-year-old wallaby, wandered away from the Lots of Love Farm in Williamstown after a gate was allegedly left unlatched overnight.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Advertisement Stafford depressurized the cockpit, matching the vacuum inside to the vacuum outside so that the hatch would not blow open and fly free from interior air pressure when it was unlatched.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Wenrick said the department hired an outside firm to investigate the entire ordeal, which includes determining why the patrol was left unlocked.
    Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The two men wore gloves and appeared to be stopping to check for unlocked doors to houses and vehicles, deputies were told.
    Kelsey Brown, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The Shah’s Western orientation extended to culture, and a wide range of artistically important international films could be seen in Tehran, in time including those of the French New Wave.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Children ages 5 to 14 can participate in a wide variety of free recreational, educational and social activities, including sports, games, and arts and crafts, according to a news release.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Keep them in an unsealed plastic bag or a mesh bag to prevent moisture buildup.
    Hannah Harper, Health, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The commissioner said Fulton County would review the unsealed warrant and continue to pursue the return of the election materials to Georgia.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026

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“Unbuttoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbuttoned. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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