ungluedadjective
uk/ʌnˈɡluːd/us/ʌnˈɡluːd/US informalcome unglued
to experience difficulties and fail:
When the secret plans came unglued, the president was revealed to have ordered the burglary.
to lose control of your emotions or behaviour and become very angry:
It was reported that she "came unglued" when she heard of his refusal to cooperate.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unsuccessful (people and things)
- abortive
- achiever
- barren
- be dead in the water idiom
- botched
- counterproductive
- flatline
- frustrated
- futile
- go/get/head nowhere idiom
- inauspicious
- lame duck
- rope
- small-time
- stillborn
- struggling
- the doldrums
- unavailing
- unpromising
- washed up
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