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UNSTUCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unstuck mean?
• UNSTUCK (adjective)
The adjective UNSTUCK has 2 senses:
1. free
2. thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence
Familiarity information: UNSTUCK used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free
Context example:
the gears locked in second and would not come unstuck
Antonym:
stuck (caught or fixed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence
Synonyms:
undone; unstuck
Context example:
price programs became unstuck because little grain was available
Similar:
disorganised; disorganized (lacking order or methodical arrangement or function)
Context examples
The glacier has been coming unstuck from a ridge in the bedrock at a steady rate of about 0.4 to 0.5 miles (0.6 to 0.8 kilometers) a year since 1992.
(Huge Cavity in Antarctic Glacier Signals Rapid Decay, NASA)
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