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adjective

as in untied

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unfastened

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verb

past tense of unfasten
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
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
  1. untied
  2. loosened
  3. detached
  4. undid
  5. unattached
  6. unbound
  7. undone
  8. unsecured
Adjective
  • While Salomon sneakers are, in part, known for their shoelaces that never come untied, this pair doesn’t have any at all.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
  • Grandaddy, unbeaten and untied and still heavyweight champion of the college football world.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Definition of untied
Verb
  • Sure, his back may have loosened more with each completion Daniels made last Friday.
    — Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
  • So either Moreno has loosened his grip on the reins, or this was possible all along.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of loosened
Adjective
  • The former Feyenoord boss stood accused of being too detached from the local fanbase.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Supervisors also supported language that would allow detached guest houses to be used as vacation rentals.
    — Haley Parsley August 20, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of detached
Verb
  • Hatagan’s testimony at his sentencing undid the fraudulent invoices claim presented by prosecutors and that statute of limitations began when the alleged crime occurred, the motion stated.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Her grandmother sat on the single bed as Rebecca undid the back of her dress.
    — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of undid
Adjective
  • Now, with many of the players in their mid-to-late twenties, ten are unattached.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The broken, headless humerus was instead left to float freely in the man’s arm, unattached to his upper body.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
Definition of unattached
Adjective
  • Is realism based only on minds untouched by illness or some other distorting factor, or at least not so touched that that mind becomes, as my grandmother’s is, unbound?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • Then the coach known as the most impulsive man on an NFL sideline runs that stop sign, grits his teeth and breaks unbound into character.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Definition of unbound
Adjective
  • When everyone assumes someone else is responsible for the conversation, important conversational work often goes undone.
    — Alison Wood Brooks, Harvard Business Review, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Her undone bob features slightly choppy ends and waves from the root that fall effortlessly halfway down.
    — Omenaa Boakye, InStyle, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of undone
Adjective
  • For borrowers with multiple large unsecured debts, formal debt relief strategies, like debt consolidation, debt management or debt settlement may also be worth considering.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Capital One will automatically evaluate you for an unsecured card after six months.
    — CNBC Select, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of unsecured

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“Unfastened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfastened. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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