unstrung 1 of 2

past tense of unstring

unstrung

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of unstrung
Verb
When the Premier Lacrosse League’s Boston Cannons opened training camp back in May with unstrung lacrosse stick heads, players knew who to ask for an assist. Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unstrung
Verb
  • Staffieri was appropriately shocked and disturbed by both the antisemitic display and the breach of internal protocol.
    Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The plot was inspired by a Japanese news report that had deeply disturbed Woo, about a lunatic guilty of poisoning baby formula.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The demonstrations come as the federal government enters its 18th day of shutdown, which has paralyzed federal programs and services while testing the constitutional balance of power.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The state appears to now use two doses of the sedative pentobarbital, with the attorneys saying the inmates drown in a rush of fluid into their lungs but are paralyzed and cannot react.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But over the past year, YouTube’s domination of The Gauge has unnerved executives at some competitors.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Opposition Peronists hope to build on their unexpectedly wide victory in Buenos Aires provincial elections last month, which unnerved markets.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One of the higher-ups felt my title Stairway to Heaven would be confused with the 1939 movie of the same name.
    Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Netflix’s co-CEOs then confused Wall Street by not slamming the door on a possible bid.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Homelessness While Americans are frightened by many things and events, most are not fearful of tent camps or homeless people.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Around 100 pairs were found abandoned on the roof, perhaps due to the thieves being frightened away, Sheriff John Budensiek said at the news conference.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The traditional growth playbook for telecom is exhausted.
    Astha Bhardwaj, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • White disappears completely into the role without skirting parody, portraying the exhausted hitmaker as startled by his own numbness, blanked out and unsure of what to do next.
    Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Few books have scared me as much.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And don’t be ashamed to straight-up ask if the route is appropriate for someone who has never rock climbed or is scared of climbing a ladder.
    Jen Murphy, Outside, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Glenn ripped himself for allowing his team to come undone after Hall’s fumble.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of donning a perfectly intact hairdo, Kravitz opted for the undone aesthetic; her hair was halfway trapped under the collar of her windbreaker.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Unstrung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unstrung. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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