UNLATCHED Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

unlatched 1 of 2

adjective

as in unlocked

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verb

past tense of unlatch

as in unfastened

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Recent Examples of unlatched

Adjective

Noe unlatched the door, stepped onto the porch with a few of the men. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 Rex, a 3-year-old wallaby, wandered away from the Lots of Love Farm in Williamstown after a gate was allegedly left unlatched overnight. — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025 Advertisement Stafford depressurized the cockpit, matching the vacuum inside to the vacuum outside so that the hatch would not blow open and fly free from interior air pressure when it was unlatched. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025

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Adjective

Authorities said in a press release that an off-duty police officer reported that three children — ages 4, 2 and 1 — had been left in the unlocked car for about 40 minutes while their mother was inside the store.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Google Unlocked Android Smartphone Deal The unlocked Google Pixel 10 Pro delivers Google’s premier mobile experience powered by the advanced Tensor G5 chip and built-in Gemini AI.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 15 July 2026

Definition of unlocked

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, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of unfastened

Adjective

The car's entire battery pack, which weighs about 1,100 pounds, or about as much as a grand piano, is unbolted and whisked away, underground.

— John Ruwitch, NPR, 18 Apr. 2026
In May, a fisherman fell into the water and drowned after the seat on his bass boat became unbolted.

— Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024

Definition of unbolted

Adjective

The decidedly cognizant, braggadocious front half gives way to unbarred perspective into a darker moment during Miller’s journey with drug abuse.

— Billboard Staff, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2019
With unbarred views of the sea, the infinity pool also clocks in at 5 feet deep, shallow enough to stand and perfect for those not wanting to get their hair wet.

— Melanie Reffes, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2018

Definition of unbarred

Adjective

Protesters blame Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and demand his resignation, but the demonstrations have since expanded into a wider anger over government accountability, spreading to other cities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Demonstrators have clashed this week with police officers, whose tactics have further fueled youth anger and drawn wider support for the protest movement.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

Definition of wide

Adjective

Elsewhere in Sun Valley, Karlie Kloss and her husband Joshua Kushner looked stylistically aligned, with each wearing a crewneck T-shirt beneath an unbuttoned oversized shirt.

— Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 July 2026
In videos shared on Instagram by The Cut and Willy Chavarria, Clarkson wore a blue jacket with a white unbuttoned shirt that showed off his tattoos and pink plaid shorts with loafers and high socks.

— Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

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