unpinnedadj.1
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɪnd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɪnd/ Not fastened with a pin or pins. Also figurative and in figurative context.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [adjective] > of grenade: unpinned
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > not fastened in other specific manner
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unlaced1447
unnailed?1572
unrooted1604
ungirthed1628
unlatched1651
unchained1664
unlooped1716
unbolted1793
unbelted1814
unhinged1824
unclasped1825
unpulleyed1839
strapless1846
unwelded1846
unroped1849
unhasped1856
unwhipped1867
unbuckled1874
unsoldered1876
stringless1882
unspiked1902
unclipped1922
unzippered1936
unzipped1940
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 424 He berth evere his mowth unpinned, So that his lippes ben unloke.
a1500 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1933) 164 182 Do wynde owt of þe bladdur vnpynde, It synkyþ in watur.
1568 Depositions (MS. Cant. Cath. Lib.) 11 May xvi The said wif with her peticote vnpynned.
1641 Novembris Monstrum 127 The whole frame Of nature seem'd unpin'd.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion vi. 18 Her waiting Gentlewoman had..her Gorget unpinned.
1765 D. Garrick Sick Monkey 3 She is not one of those Who shew their genius in their dress, Whose inky fingers, unpinn'd cloaths,..Denote her wit, and sluttishness.
1776 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 204 Two of her Curls came quite Unpinned, and fell lank on One of her shoulders.
1821 M. Edgeworth Let. 27 Nov. (1971) 281 An end of her frill was unpinned.
1865 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 268/1 Your sash is unpinned, my dear.
1946 P. W. Oman & A. D. Cushman Coll. & Preserv. Insects 20 A flat cardboard box filled with cotton on which the unpinned specimens are placed.
2009 Sunshine Coast (Austral.) Weekender Weekly (Nexis) 17 Dec. 30 Pin the lower edges of the tepee together, leaving the flap sections unpinned.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
unpinnedadj.2
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɪnd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɪnd/ Of a hand grenade: having had the pin (pin n.1 1j) removed, and thus able to be detonated.
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1948 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 3 Aug. 1/7 (headline) Unpinned hand grenade found in Vatican City.
1969 Pop. Sci. May 202/2 Handing an inexperienced rider the key to one of these machines would be like handing him an unpinned grenade.
1974 P. Dickinson Poison Oracle vi. 159 The Jap pilot who brought the plane down..on to an inadequate runway with an assassin sitting beside him holding an unpinned grenade.
2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 Dec. a19/3 The Special Operations troops had been standing over the bunker with unpinned hand grenades.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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