Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unglued

/ənɡlˈud/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables: unglued
IPA: /ənɡlˈud/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of unglue

adj

Not secured with glue.

adj

Slang

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."
"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."
"One was Climategate, where global warming skeptics seized on the leaked emails of atmospheric scientists and produced reams of feverish, unglued analyses."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English glued English unglued From un- + glued.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more unglued (comparative) most unglued (superlative)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce unglued?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənɡlˈud/.
What does unglued mean?: simple past and past participle of unglue
Where does unglued come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English glued English unglued From un- + glued.

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