uncouple
verb (used with object)
to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go.
uncoupled
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past participleof uncouple.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof uncouple.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
uncoupleverb (used with object)to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go.
Example Sentences
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Levanon has a theory about why the payoffs for advanced degrees have uncoupled: “More degrees chasing fewer of the positions those degrees were meant to unlock.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
The measurements showed that when iron is scarce, as much as 25% of the proteins that capture light become "uncoupled" from the structures that convert that energy into usable chemical forms.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
Formerly reliable sources of information like seasonal changes in daylight can lose its utility as they become uncoupled.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2023
As part of the Kelly Plan, football would be uncoupled from all other sports at every school to mitigate all those unnecessary airline miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
They sat together in the darkness as their car was uncoupled, put onto a siding, and with a good deal of jerking and jolting coupled to another train.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
