unstuck
pronunciation
How to pronounce unstuck in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈstʌk]
How to pronounce unstuck in American English:
US [ʌnˈstʌk]
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- Adjective:
- free
- thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence
Word Origin
- unstuck (adj.)
- 1840, "unpierced;" 1860, "unglued," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of stick (v.).
Example
- 1. But almost all of these relationships have ultimately come unstuck .
- 2. Their strategy has come unstuck .
- 3. But it was also in agriculture that the agreement came unstuck .
- 4. Some , financed by cheap debt during the bubble , will probably come unstuck .
- 5. If this global bargain does come unstuck , how should developing countries respond ?