Unglued
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Unglued is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of unglue.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of unglue.
More Meanings
- (not comparable) Not secured with glue.
- (comparable, slang) Insane, upset.
Example Sentences
The unglued joints all fell apart in shipment, but the properly joined piece survived intact.
He was calm at first, then suddenly he came unglued and started screaming. He completely lost it.
One was Climategate, where global warming skeptics seized on the leaked emails of atmospheric scientists and produced reams of feverish, unglued analyses.
There is something inherently entertaining about the self-proclaimed defender of uncomfortable speech on college campuses coming unglued when he found a sentence on the Internet that he didn't like.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unglueable, ungluable, unhinged, unglazed, unsecured, nonglue.
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