UNLOCKED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unlocked mean? 

• UNLOCKED (adjective)
  The adjective UNLOCKED has 1 sense:

1. not firmly fastened or secured

  Familiarity information: UNLOCKED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNLOCKED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not firmly fastened or secured

Synonyms:

unbarred; unbolted; unlatched; unlocked; unsecured

Context example:

an unlocked room

Similar:

unfastened (not closed or secured)

 Context examples 

“Did the stable-boy, when he ran out with the dog, leave the door unlocked behind him?”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She darted across to a writing-desk, unlocked it, and drew out a long blue envelope.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When he was gone I unlocked my bureau, made sure that my treasure was safe, and locked it again.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The next morning, at daybreak, I summoned sufficient courage and unlocked the door of my laboratory.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The press marked E was unlocked; and I took out the drawer, had it filled up with straw and tied in a sheet, and returned with it to Cavendish Square.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

When activated, they allow electrically charged ions to flow in and out of cells like water through an unlocked canal.

(Eye cells may use math to detect motion, NIH)

The miller said: “The Devil must go out,” and opened the house-door; then the woman was forced to give up the keys, and the peasant unlocked the closet.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

This officer unlocked their spectacles to put them back in his great box, and then he politely opened the gate for our friends.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

To my intense astonishment I saw that it was unlocked.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The little parlour-maid came out, with the key in her hand; and looking earnestly at me as she unlocked the gate, said: I beg your pardon, sir. Are you ill?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)