uncoupled 1 of 2

adjective

as in dissociated

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verb

past tense of uncouple
as in separated
to set or force apart uncoupled the two railroad cars

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Recent Examples of uncoupled
Adjective
An absurdist black comedy that satirizes our culture's discomfort around uncoupled people, The Lobster asks what would happen if singles were given 45 days to find a mate, or be transformed into the animal of their choice. — Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026 To prevent releasing any asbestos, whole sections of the old pipe are uncoupled from their connections without cutting. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025 Democrats and liberal pundits in particular have seen expressions of thoughts and prayers, particularly coming from the GOP and prominent commentators on the right, as an empty gesture when uncoupled with specific actions on gun control to prevent mass shootings. — Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 30 Aug. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncoupled
  1. split
  2. separated
  3. divided
  4. disconnected
  5. severed
  6. decoupled
  7. divorced
  8. resolved
Adjective
  • Additional tools include a NAT firewall, ad blocker, anti-malware, split tunneling, and IPv6 leak protection.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026
  • And a split Republican Party will give them a substantial boost in votes to demand a new direction in the war effort.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of split
Verb
  • Native children were often separated from their families and communities through boarding schools, where they were discouraged or prevented from speaking their Native languages and practicing their cultures.
    — Conor McGill, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • During his imprisonment, al-Sakani was separated from his wife, Iman, and their 3-year-old daughter, Misk.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of separated
Adjective
  • Historically, stocks have performed well under divided government.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Panera customers on Reddit were somewhat divided in their opinions about the spinach, avocado and egg white sandwich.
    — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of divided
Verb
  • The senator said that Democrats campaigned heavily on affordability and economic frustrations but will now pursue priorities that are disconnected from what motivated voters to support them this year.
    — Jennifer Radcliffe, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The feedback loops that used to tell a young person their effort mattered have been quietly disconnected.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of disconnected
Adjective
  • The sea beast was eventually killed by the hero Perseus, who in some tellings used the severed head of medusa to turn Cetus to stone!
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Their leader, the one who had held up the severed hand, was introduced as Maulvi Abdur Rahman Muzami, a judge.
    — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of severed
Verb
  • But a disproportionate focus on manufacturing and technology cannot increase productivity or wages if those investments are decoupled from the needs of the market and trends in aggregate final demand.
    — Oliver Melton, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026
  • For the investor whose consumer-sentiment thesis has decoupled from consumer-spending.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of decoupled
Adjective
  • Lenni, a child welfare worker and divorced mother of two, spends her days fighting for other people’s families while her own is in a constant state of hilarious chaos.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2026
  • During the ordeal, Del Mar started a group called Fathers Helping Fathers, which advocated for unwed or divorced fathers seeking legal advice on custody.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of divorced
Adjective
  • This view helpfully shows key numbers (such as resolved requests, involvement rate, resolution rate) at the top, along with a funnel that visualizes visualizing how requests are resolved (with AI or humans).
    — Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
  • There's a difference between a closed ticket and a resolved issue.
    — Amit Mathradas, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of resolved

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“Uncoupled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncoupled. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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