unstuck
freed or loosened from being fastened or stuck: When firmly pushed, the door became unstuck.
out of order, control, or coherence; undone: Their well-laid plans came unstuck under pressure.
Origin of unstuck
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How to use unstuck in a sentence
In the first chapter of Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut’s 1969 anti-war masterpiece about a hapless American soldier who becomes “unstuck in time,” the author indicates that he wrote more than five thousand pages by 1965.
What Early Drafts of Slaughterhouse-Five Reveal About Kurt Vonnegut's Struggles | Tom Roston | November 11, 2021 | TimeWhen we take away the expectation of an immediate response, employees who rely on a last-minute surge of activity to get a task over the line are likely to come unstuck.
The industry flourishes in times of predictability, and tends to come unstuck during moments of unpredictable demand.
As with wood, a steam mop cleaner can warp or crack laminate, and potentially even cause it to come unstuck from the floor.
Best steam mop: For gleaming, sanitized floors | PopSci Commerce Team | March 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThat means you should head south prepared for vehicle repairs, complete with the parts, tools, and necessary knowledge of how to use them in such a situation, as well as the ability to get your vehicle unstuck from sand, mud, or obstacles.
It took me a while to figure out I needed closure to get unstuck.
The leather, being damp, may possibly become unstuck and stretched during this process.
The Decoration of Leather | Georges de RcyIt came unstuck from the frame with a tiny explosion of dust and a zing like that of the watch, only louder.
The Moon is Green | Fritz Reuter LeiberWell, at the time of the hatching, this disk becomes unstuck, lifts and allows the new-born Spiders to pass through.
The Life of the Spider | J. Henri Fabre"Yes, and if we don't get our houses unstuck pretty soon, we'll remember her a long while," said Susan darkly.
Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs | Anne WarnerWith a final desperate lunge, Lizzie yielded to my efforts and came unstuck.
Across America by Motor-cycle | C. K. Shepherd
British Dictionary definitions for unstuck
/ (ʌnˈstʌk) /
freed from being stuck, glued, fastened, etc
come unstuck to suffer failure or disaster
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Other Idioms and Phrases with unstuck
see under come apart at the seams.
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