unzippedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈzɪpt/, U.S. /ˌənˈzɪpt/ 1. Of an item of clothing, bag, or other item: not zipped up; having the zip open.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > fastened in specific way > other > not
hookless1906
unzippered1936
unzipped1940
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
unpinneda1393
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
1940 Mail (Adelaide) 12 Oct. 9 An American newspaper is advertising a new type of zip fastener as ‘the only zipper smooth enough for a baby kangaroo’. There is a picture of a surprised joey popping from his mother's unzipped pouch.
1971 ‘M. Underwood’ Trout in Milk ix. 105 A pair of unzipped trousers.
1978 J. Gardner Dancing Dodo xxvii. 218 The men wore protective silver coveralls, unzipped and with the hoods down.
1998 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Nov. 66/1 He..would frequently greet female employees with an unzipped fly.
2. figurative and in extended use. Opened up; laid bare; unrestrained.
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1942 Carbon County (Montana) News 17 Apr. 8/3 Zip the Zipper across your lips or else you'll be taking the lip from the Japs unzipped lips.
1951 N. Blakiston Canon James 69 He could not turn his eyes away from its nakedness, its shameless unzipped modernity.
2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 18 Feb. 24/1 A remarkably unzipped account of her own life and loves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1940