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unstuck
un·stuck U0119600 (ŭn-stŭk′)v.Past tense and past participle of unstick.adj. Freed from being stuck.Idiom: come/become unstuck To break down or fall apart: a marriage that came unstuck after only a year.unstuck (ʌnˈstʌk) adj1. freed from being stuck, glued, fastened, etc2. come unstuck to suffer failure or disasterun•stuck (ʌnˈstʌk)
v. 1. pt. and pp. of unstick. adj. 2. out of order, control, or coherence; undone: to come unstuck. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  unstuck - free; "a man with a mule got my car unstuck"; "the gears locked in second and would not come unstuck"stuck - caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud" | | 2. | unstuck - thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence; "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available"undonedisorganised, disorganized - lacking order or methodical arrangement or function; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate" |
Translationsunstuck (anˈstak) : come unstuck1. to stop sticking. The label has come unstuck. 黏不住 未粘住的2. to fail. Our plans have come unstuck. 失敗 失灵的unstuck
come apart at the seams1. To be approaching failure. Boy, this party is really coming apart at the seams. First, there was the issue with the caterer, and now half the guests aren't coming.2. To become very emotional. Poor Jane really came apart at the seams during the funeral service. I can't watch those sappy movies because I just come apart at the seams every time.See also: apart, come, seamcome unglued1. To become extremely upset or emotional. Primarily heard in US. Poor Jane really came unglued during the funeral service.2. To encounter setbacks or fail altogether. Primarily heard in US. Boy, this party is really coming unglued. First, there was the issue with the caterer, and now half the guests aren't coming.See also: come, ungluedcome unstuckTo encounter setbacks or fail altogether. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Boy, this party is really coming unstuck. First, there was the issue with the caterer, and now half the guests aren't coming.See also: come, unstuckbecome unstuckTo encounter setbacks or fail altogether. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Boy, this party is really becoming unstuck. First, there was the issue with the caterer, and now half the guests aren't coming.See also: become, unstuckcome ungluedFig. to lose emotional control; to break out into tears or laughter. When Sally heard the joke, she almost came unglued. When the bank took away my car, I came unglued and cried and cried.See also: come, ungluedcome apart at the seamsAlso, come unglued or unstuck . Become extremely upset; break down. For example, After he lost his job Brad seemed to come apart at the seams or The proposed bank merger is coming unglued, or When her last play flopped she became completely unstuck. This idiom transfers physical to emotional disintegration. [Slang; mid-1900s] See also: apart, come, seamcome ungluedAlso, come unstuck. See come apart at the seams. See also: come, ungluedunstucksee under come apart at the seams. come apart at the seams 1. If a system or relationship comes apart at the seams it completely fails. Note: The seams of a piece of clothing are the places where the separate pieces of cloth used to make it are stitched together. Our relationship was coming apart at the seams — we were quarrelling the whole time. Note: You can also say that something falls apart at the seams. Britain's university system is in danger of falling apart at the seams because of cuts in government funding.2. If someone is coming apart at the seams, they have stopped being able to manage their life because they are very unhappy or under so much stress. Note: The seams of a piece of clothing are the places where the separate pieces of cloth used to make it are stitched together. He stood for a moment, breathing deeply; he was coming apart at the seams, something he had never thought would happen to him.See also: apart, come, seamcome unglued AMERICAN, INFORMAL1. If someone comes unglued, they cannot control their emotions and they behave in a strange or crazy way. She had apparently come unglued since losing her job as a writer for Western Gentry magazine. He had come unglued over a girl who was pregnant with his child. She wouldn't marry him, and he had gone to her house with a sawn-off shotgun and threatened to shoot her.2. If someone or something comes unglued, they fail. Their marriage finally came unglued. Everything seemed to be coming unglued. Note: The usual British expression is come unstuck. See also: come, ungluedcome unstuck BRITISH, INFORMALCOMMON If someone or something comes unstuck, they fail. Australia's Greg Norman came badly unstuck in the third round of the Memorial golf tournament yesterday. Past promises about multimedia have come unstuck thanks to inadequate technology. Note: The usual American expression is come unglued. See also: come, unstuckcome (or fall) apart at the seams 1 (of a thing) fall to pieces. 2 (of a person); have an emotional breakdown; collapse. informal Seams are the lines along which pieces of fabric or the planks of a boat are joined, perceived as the points most likely to be damaged or weakened.See also: apart, come, seamcome unstuck fail completely. informal 2001 Irish Examiner A Leinster victory would put the quarter-finals within touching distance, especially if French champions Toulouse come unstuck at Newcastle. See also: come, unstuckcome unˈglued (American English, informal)
1 become very upset: I don’t know why, but whenever I take my child to the doctor’s she comes unglued.
2 if a plan, etc. comes unglued, it does not work successfully: Personally, I’m not sorry the building plans have come unglued. It means they’ll leave the public park alone.See also: come, ungluedcome unˈstuck (British English, informal) be unsuccessful; fail: His plan to escape came badly unstuck. ♢ She came unstuck in the last part of the exam.See also: come, unstuck come unglued Informal To lose one's composure.See also: come, ungluedMedicalSeecomeunstuck
Related to unstuck: unstick, get unstuckSynonyms for unstuckadj freeAntonymsadj thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherenceSynonymsRelated Words |