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unˈglued, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
Having no glue; unstuck. Also fig.: in a confused or incoherent state or condition. Normally preceded by come or become.
1694Strype Mem. Cranmer ii. xv. 206 They had Leaves put in as Additions to the Book, some glewed, and some unglewed. 1870Crown Princess of Prussia Let. 15 Feb. in R. Fulford Your Dear Letter (1971) 261 All the woodwork comes unglued and the tilestones all cracked and bent. 1922M. A. von Arnim Enchanted April xx. 322 Now that Mrs. Fisher too had at last come unglued,—Rose protested at the expression, and Lotty retorted that it was in Keats. 1971Wall St. Jrnl. 13 Aug. 1/5 Already-negotiated agreements may come unglued. 1980A. Coppel Hastings Conspiracy xxviii. 181 What's gone wrong? You wouldn't be here if something weren't coming unglued. |