Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

unstuck

[uhn-stuhk]
See more synonyms for unstuck on Thesaurus.com
adjective
  1. freed or loosened from being fastened or stuck: When firmly pushed, the door became unstuck.
  2. out of order, control, or coherence; undone: Their well-laid plans came unstuck under pressure.
Show More

Origin of unstuck

un-1 + stuck

unstick

[uhn-stik]
verb (used with object), un·stuck, un·stick·ing.
  1. to free, as one thing stuck to another.
Show More
verb (used without object), un·stuck, un·stick·ing.
  1. to become unstuck: Finally, the car's horn unstuck.
Show More

Origin of unstick

First recorded in 1700–10; un-2 + stick2
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for unstuck

Contemporary Examples

Historical Examples

British Dictionary definitions for unstuck

unstuck

adjective
  1. freed from being stuck, glued, fastened, etc
  2. come unstuck to suffer failure or disaster
Show More

unstick

verb -sticks, -sticking or -stuck
  1. (tr) to free or loosen (something stuck)
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with unstuck

unstuck

see under come apart at the seams.

Show More
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.