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 unfastened
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.
—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, 5 Jan. 2026
Adama unfastened a padlock and loosened the chain securing the doors.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.
—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, 5 Jan. 2026
Adama unfastened a padlock and loosened the chain securing the doors.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfastened
Adjective
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The images featured Williams striking several poses while standing in knee-deep waters, wearing a yellow, one-piece swimsuit with a cutout in the center and an untied bowtie.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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My only beef was that the barrel laces felt clumsy when tightening the shoe and came untied easily.—
Jonathan Beverly,
Outside Online,
23 June 2025
Verb
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After the Federal Aviation Administration loosened rules in May, the number of programs jumped to nearly 600 in four months, according to the University of Virginia’s Center for Public Safety and Justice.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Nov. 2025
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Thankfully, Tom's grip on the plane eventually loosened and the plane was able to avoid crashing.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Three children who were playing hide-and-seek spotted a cat floating on the surface of the water in the garden of an unoccupied semi-detached home.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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Over time, the bond between the sliding frame and the glass can deteriorate, causing the moonroof glass to become detached while the car is operating.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Supporters who remember those times speak of an inferiority complex, of lingering doubts that sometimes undid the team from the inside.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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Specifically, the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act undid parts of the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act that had offered tax incentives for wind and solar.—
David Condos,
NPR,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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The 20-year-old is fully committed to football, but largely unattached to his mobile device.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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Like a surgeon, Marko Klinc carefully hand-stitches Kurent costumes in his Spuhlja workshop, unattached beak-nosed Kurent faces weirdly staring from walls.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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With Worthy back, the Chiefs offense suddenly seems unbound as well.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Ideas flow when the body is occupied but the mind is unbound.—
Karen Palmer
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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At one point, Day also came to Cruise’s rescue after noticing one of the buttons on his shirt had come undone.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
8 Dec. 2025
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The outing, shared in part on her Instagram Stories while celebrating a friend’s birthday, placed the actress at the center of fashion’s growing return to snakeskin while tying the print to an undone menswear silhouette.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
6 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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This strategy may be particularly useful for borrowers who are experiencing significant financial hardship and struggling to keep up with multiple unsecured debts.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Typically looking more like a gate than a solid door, the barriers are placed just in front of the first row of passengers and allow a pilot to exit the cockpit and visit the lavatory or the galley without leaving an unsecured path between passengers and the cockpit.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Unfastened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfastened. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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