unhooked

Definition of unhookednext
past tense of unhook

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhooked
Verb
  • Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.
    Literary Hub, 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, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • As a millennial Jewish woman who supports progressive candidates, this attitude feels stale and disconnected from the current political moment.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The California Department of Public Health’s investigators found a hospice agency’s door locked and the phone disconnected.
    Jason Henry, Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Hamm, meanwhile, described himself as remarkably detached from his own belongings.
    Ryan Brennan April 1, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But string theory was still totally detached from empirical reality.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Using the act, congressional Republicans undid an RMP for the entire state, which was passed during the Biden Administration.
    Alex Heard, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
  • At least until a three-minute stretch undid all that work.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Both of her hands had been severed from her body and one of her legs was cut off, the documents said.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The Washington National Opera (WNO), which had been in residence at the Kennedy Center since 1971, also severed its ties in January after ticket sales dropped precipitously.
    Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Terms of UsePrivacy Policy Terms of UsePrivacy Policy Some fans attribute that to past infidelity and her being dissociated from the sentimental moment as a result.
    Essence, Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
  • These operating agreements provided that if a member of the LLCs filed or was forced into bankruptcy, then the bankrupt member would be immediately dissociated from the LLC and no longer will receive distributions.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 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
Verb
  • But Republican supermajorities in the House and Senate find themselves at a familiar impasse, bitterly divided over which approach to take.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
  • That’s leaving defense tech firms divided over whether to hike capacity to win deals and risk profitability, or hold off and potentially miss opportunities.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Unhooked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhooked. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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