unstuck
Americanadjective
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freed or loosened from being fastened or stuck.
When firmly pushed, the door became unstuck.
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out of order, control, or coherence; undone.
Their well-laid plans came unstuck under pressure.
adjective
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freed from being stuck, glued, fastened, etc
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to suffer failure or disaster
Etymology
Origin of unstuck
Example Sentences
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Masters champion Rory McIlroy's gameplan of bashing the driver as far as possible came unstuck late on in his round after more erratic tee-shots.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
And it's while the attempt to constrain the pay bill that gobbles 55% of day-to-day spending is coming unstuck, two years into a three-year cap.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
But many family-run businesses come unstuck because they focus on short-term moneymaking, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Over the last couple of years, the long-term political parallels between the U.S. and the United Kingdom seem to have come unstuck.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
Some of them were coming unstuck, hanging on by just one or two points.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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