as in untied
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as in loosened
to disengage the knotted parts of
gently unfastened the strings of the baby's hood
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfastened
Adjective
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There’s a gated driveway and car port tucked way off and alley, and a detached prefab ADU by Jason Halter of Wonder has a outside entrance from the street and adds another bedroom.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
14 June 2025 -
Managing national security affairs is not a detached experiment.—
Arthur House,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2025
Verb
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That stance loosened about 15 years ago, primarily in baseball.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Blake and Albert, their tongues loosened by wine, reopen and then scratch viciously at old wounds, calling out personal failures and professional betrayals.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Danks is unattached to any particular location for the sports teams.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
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Erik ten Hag is still unattached more than six months after leaving Old Trafford, and that’s something of a recurring theme.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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The protagonist of this beguiling novel, Lina, lives with her father in a realm seemingly unbound by ordinary time.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Today, China’s giant mining and refining companies operate without much pressure to remain commercially viable, unbound by many constraints on firms funded by private investors and lenders.—
Heidi Crebo-Rediker,
Foreign Affairs,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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The Saturday Night Live comedian paired a textured white blazer with white denim jeans, a crisp white shirt — with a few buttons undone — and bright white sneakers to complete his look.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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Goggins, with many shirt buttons undone, is a libidinous waiter who takes his flirting with the mothers to extremes.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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Misconfigured permissions, unsecured data sharing or unvetted integrations can still lead to breaches—even on compliant platforms.—
Corey Elinburg,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Lawmakers are expected to press him on his handling of military policy, including his ban on transgender troops, firings of top military leaders, and use of an unsecured Signal chat to discuss sensitive military operations.—
Amanda Castro
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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On June 19, 1865, the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
19 June 2025
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Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
19 June 2025
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“Unfastened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfastened. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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