unhinged
adjective
un·hinged
ˌən-ˈhinjd 
: highly disturbed, unstable, or distraught
attacked by an unhinged extremist
Somewhere along the way, her pursuit of a hot guy turned into unhinged obsession.—
Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan"Is this a new brand of humour? Or is your brain really unhinged?" inquired Tommy.—Agatha Christie
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Agatha ChristieExamples of unhinged in a Sentence
destined to become one of the nation's most notorious serial killers, he apparently became unhinged as a result of being abandoned as a young teen
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Writer-director Dean Imperial loses on such a gamble with his tedious feature debut, which tracks an unhinged night of escapades between a bunch of poker buddies.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Here, Clay, played by Al Freeman Jr., is a fool too easily lured by Lula’s unhinged seduction, all but assuring his destruction.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
The final moments of the viral KO defeat to Holloway, in which the two fighters went blow-for-blow in the waning moments before Holloway sent Gaethje to the canvas with one second left, is the unhinged hostility that Gaethje wants to summon on Saturday.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
Good riddance to the most vitriolic, lowbrow, and unhinged race hustler ever allowed on national television.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Here, Clay, played by Al Freeman Jr., is a fool too easily lured by Lula’s unhinged seduction, all but assuring his destruction.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
The final moments of the viral KO defeat to Holloway, in which the two fighters went blow-for-blow in the waning moments before Holloway sent Gaethje to the canvas with one second left, is the unhinged hostility that Gaethje wants to summon on Saturday.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
Good riddance to the most vitriolic, lowbrow, and unhinged race hustler ever allowed on national television.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Unhinged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhinged. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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