UNCOUPLED Synonyms: 136 Similar and Opposite Words

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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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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

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Adjective

Hailing from the capital city of San Jose, the Costa Rican squad finished sixth and eighth out of 10 teams last year in the Primera Division’s split-season structure.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
The trailer revealed that Season 3 will have a split timeline between present-day Juliette and post-apocalyptic life before the silos were formed.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 July 2026

Definition of split

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Some of the first reports indicated that Adebayo threw a punch at Herro’s head before the two were separated, but some league sources have indicated that initial portrayals of the fight were overblown.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
The couple married in Hanoi and lived together for nine years before she and Shimizu were separated.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Definition of separated

Adjective

Unlike any other roadside stop in the United States, the over-the-highway pit-stop allowed weary travelers to do all these things and watch the divided highway below.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Prosecutors also filed two additional misdemeanor counts of reckless driving and operating a motorcycle without a valid license, along with four infractions that include driving the wrong way on a divided roadway.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of divided

Verb

Violators get warning letters before fines are given, and ultimately, water may be disconnected.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 July 2026
If your pet already has a microchip, make sure the information is up to date; sometimes, even pets with microchips can’t be identified because the phone number associated with them has been disconnected.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

Definition of disconnected

Adjective

According to the full plot description on Amazon, our protagonists have more to worry about than just severed fingers.

— Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2026
The inciting incident for the new story comes after the principal of the high school receives a severed human finger in the mail, sending the parents into an uproar.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of severed

Adjective

To claim Head of Household (HOH), the taxpayer generally must be unmarried (single, legally separated, divorced, or widowed) or be considered unmarried, pay more than half the cost of maintaining the home, and have a qualifying person.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
But my own family has felt the brunt of the exclusion after my father’s parents – both of whom were Parsi – divorced and each remarried outside.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 21 June 2026

Definition of divorced

Adjective

Lebanon’s fragile sovereignty The lack of resolved borders and Israel’s periodic incursions into southern Lebanon have predictably meant that Lebanon has struggled to assert sovereignty over its own territory.

— Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
What frustrated her most was that the issue refused to stay resolved.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025

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