unhanded

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of unhand.
  unhand

  verb (used with object)

  to take the hand or hands from; release from a grasp; let go.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of unhand.
  unhand

  verb (used with object)

  to take the hand or hands from; release from a grasp; let go.

Example Sentences

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unhanded

The program's sponsor, Charles Revson, president of Revlon Products Corp., had more than the occasion to be choked up about as he unhanded the Big Check.

From Time Magazine Archive

Conversely, humanities lag at Rochester, and Board Chairman Wilson has personally unhanded $1,000,000 for improvement.

From Time Magazine Archive

They must have understood my motive—or perhaps they felt that I was not worth the trouble of taking alive—for immediately I stopped struggling they unhanded me and rose to their feet.

From The Fire People by Ray Cummings

She never wants to be "unhanded" or "let to pass."

From Stage-Land by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

There was a brisk wind blowing, and the beggar turned about to face it, directly they had unhanded him.

From Robin Hood by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden

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