unstick
Americanverb (used with object)
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unsticks,
present (3rd person singular)
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unstuck,
past participle, past
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unsticking
present participle
verb (used without object)
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unsticks,
present (3rd person singular)
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unstuck,
past participle, past
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unsticking
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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unsticksimple
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unstickssimple
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have unstuckperfect
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has unstuckperfect
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am unstickingprogressive
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are unstickingprogressive
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is unstickingprogressive
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have been unstickingperfect progressive
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has been unstickingperfect progressive
Past
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unstucksimple
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had unstuckperfect
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was unstickingprogressive
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were unstickingprogressive
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had been unstickingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of unstick
Example Sentences
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The agreement could help unstick energy flows through Hormuz and ease pressure on the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
“It can unstick you, and you think, ‘OK, that was rubbish,’ or ‘Mine are loads better than yours,'” he said.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
"We - our team and the United States administration - came to Beijing in order to unstick what has been stuck since almost last August," Kerry told reporters late on Wednesday.
From Reuters ● Jul. 19, 2023
Meanwhile, executives realize that if they don’t persuade their employees to come back now, with pandemic restrictions eased in most areas, the new norms of flexible work will be hard to unstick.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
The touch of the iron hilt seemed to unstick her feet from the floor at last, and she moved through what felt like thick mud toward the monstrous child.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
He unsticks the phone from his ear and stretches it out to me.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
In a note published Friday, they admitted their rationale for forecasting a weaker dollar has come unstuck.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Good luck with this bureaucracy of becoming unstuck.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026
Its plan to increase its manufacturing capacity could come unstuck if the market grows less than expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
United had come unstuck once again - but this was business as usual for Chelsea.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
Is there any other way to get unstuck?
From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine
By curling and uncurling their toes, geckos can alternate between sticking and unsticking from a surface, and thus easily move across it.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
But unsticking systems is not just a technological challenge.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2015
As we look toward unsticking calcified systems, we may find hope from a practice rarely celebrated by technological innovators: regulation.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2015
Thankfully, there are ways to manage this; unsticking that clog and getting everything flowing freely again.
From Forbes ● Sep. 6, 2014
“Sure thing, fellas. Any luck on unsticking everything?”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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