1
as in to disturb
to cause to go insane or as if insane
the endless harassment by the guards completely unhinged the prisoners of war
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2
as in to distract
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
I was momentarily unhinged by the unexpected question
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Recent Examples of unhinge
Cleveland baseball can be unhinged revelry, or a biblical terror, and everything in between.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Everyone is unhinged, as is customary during a Trump presidency.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 28 Apr. 2025
Some unhinged lunatic, a man, wearing daisy dukes, at a makeup store, got in my face today.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, Nuggets superstar center Nikola Jokic was unhinged in the contest, scoring a career-high 61 points, along with 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and two steals.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Everyone is unhinged, as is customary during a Trump presidency.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 28 Apr. 2025
Some unhinged lunatic, a man, wearing daisy dukes, at a makeup store, got in my face today.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, Nuggets superstar center Nikola Jokic was unhinged in the contest, scoring a career-high 61 points, along with 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and two steals.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhinge
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Create Do-Not-Disturb Prompts To Discourage Interruptions Experiment with reducing your availability to interruptions by following specific practices that signal to others you shouldn’t be disturbed.—
Caroline Ceniza-Levine,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Perhaps your time off request isn’t approved, or your vacation plans have been disturbed by your colleagues.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
27 May 2025
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Sending in the National Guard was an obvious military flex, designed to to bait Angelenos while perhaps distracting Americans from Trump’s far greater troubles.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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The upshot is, an ADAS, such as Tesla FSD and robotaxi, does not get distracted and is laser-focused on the road.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Trading at lofty valuations, even a slight miss on the revenue forecast was enough to unsettle investors.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Today, movies and TV intended for the biggest audience possible often water down their storytelling and generalize in order to avoid anything that might challenge, frighten or unsettle the audience.—
Alissa Wilkinson,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Whatever discomfort the 38-year-old was feeling didn’t appear to bother him thereafter.—
David Close,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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In prior birthday events, perhaps a couple arrived early and had a cocktail, but never the rest of the party together, so this hadn’t bothered me before.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
6 June 2025
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Guys like Andrew Weissman, deranged Jack Smith.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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Albie and Portia reunite at the airport, where Portia tells Albie that Jack was deranged, while Albie tells Portia that Lucia played him.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
25 Feb. 2025
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These trends are causing 67% of the workforce to worry about the economy’s impact on their current jobs, according to the Workforce Pulse Survey from Remote.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Some experts had been worried that the CDC would make a decision that would’ve ended the federal requirement that insurers cover the cost of COVID-19 vaccines for children.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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Hawkins’s performance as a woman who was destroyed by the death of her daughter, more so than anyone around her seems to realize, both powers and unbalances the film.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
30 May 2025
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Mbappe’s arrival also unbalanced the attack, with Ancelotti struggling to find a way to fit the France forward into the side, leading to slumps in form for Bellingham, Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Her red Chevy Avalanche was found abandoned with windows rolled down -- a detail that immediately alarmed her family.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
6 June 2025
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Trump’s sudden rebuke has alarmed some conservative court-watchers, who warn the president’s new approach could fracture a judicial pipeline built over decades.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 June 2025
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“Unhinge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhinge. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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