UNLATCHED Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in unlocked

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unlatched

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verb

past tense of unlatch

as in unfastened

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Recent Examples of unlatched

Adjective

Officers are trained never to rule out the possibility that someone who could kill them is stowed like a spare tire in an unlatched rear compartment. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 So many of my overnights are ground-floor park cabins or first-floor rentals where a window sits at arm’s reach from the outside, and an unlatched or forced window is a quiet way in. — Karen Leblanc, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlatched

Adjective

The army also hosted the largest hackathon in history and, with the help of over 550 software developers, unlocked data transfer between more than 200 pieces of proprietary warfighting equipment.

— Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
ANYmal can open doors along its inspection route For unlocked doors, the system uses a radar sensor to detect the robot’s approach.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 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 October expiration implies an expectation that a summary judgment ruling, or a settlement, could potentially land within weeks, a likelihood the unsealed emails just increased.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Gaps around windows, unsealed trim joints, any spot where the install wasn’t tight.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of unsealed

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

Four of these angles implicitly frame the corners of a square, while a fifth seems to indicate a wider area around it.

— Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
The Trasks encounter a wide swath of citizens, haggling with sneaky cheats, exploiting innocent fools, and befriending big-hearted neighbors.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of wide

Adjective

His unbuttoned shirt revealed his bare chest, which was accessorized by several multi-colored leis.

— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of unbuttoned

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