UNFIXED Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

unfixed

verb

past tense of unfix

as in unfastened

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After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of unfastened

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So either Moreno has loosened his grip on the reins, or this was possible all along.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, Meta’s Facebook and Instagram have rolled back platform-level fact-checking in the United States, X has moved away from traditional fact-checking, and YouTube has loosened its misinformation policies.

— Avi Tuschman, STAT, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of loosened

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If one piece is loosed from the rest, will the whole hold its shape?

— Angelica Calabrese, Longreads, 7 July 2026
The Nünichlingler, as the walkers are called, walk because in the past, the villagers believed that on these darkest, shortest days of the year, a window opened in the earth to another world, and spirits were loosed.

— Veronique Greenwood, Time, 21 Dec. 2025

Definition of loosed

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