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
  • Overhead charges that rise faster than front-line policing costs — and that are disconnected from service levels — undermine trust and strain long-standing relationships.
    Rajiv Bhateja, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Now institutions are answering those calls, and those that do not evolve and innovate risk becoming increasingly disconnected from both students and employers.
    Jeremy Haefner, Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The editorial board has offered tone-deaf takes on the Iran war detached from its grotesque, senseless reality.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Comfortable without being detached.
    Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 6 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
  • By maintaining a deep, decentralized buffer of hydrocarbons, any nation, whether a major producer or a critical importer, can sustain its domestic energy flow even when maritime arteries are severed.
    Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The United States and Venezuela have agreed to restore diplomatic and consular relations, reopening a formal channel between Washington and Caracas for the first time since ties were severed in 2019.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 5 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
  • The list is divided into categories, with a number of members falling under each one.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Before this recent reunion, the band was only together for three years, from 1994 to 1997, and that’s with a couple of major lineup changes that divided its fan base.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Unhooked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhooked. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.

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