unfastened
Left hanging loose
Unfastened means not secured or attached—open, loose, or undone.
A button comes unfastened, a seatbelt is left unfastened, a gate swings unfastened in the wind.
Her coat hung unfastened despite the cold.
The word describes both the state of never having been fastened and the result of being released from fastening.
Partially open
- unlatchedFreed from catch
- unlockedNot fastened shut
- unsealedNot closed off
- unbuttonedFreed from fasteners
unzipped · undone · unclosed · unclasped · unsnapped · unbuckled · unlaced · unstrapped
Freed from a tangle
- untetheredNot fastened to anything
- unboundNot tied down
- looseNot firmly secured
- unleashedReleased from confinement
unhitched · unmoored · adrift · slackened · unwrapped · unraveled · untangled · unlooped
Not firmly secured
- unsecuredNot backed by collateral
- unstableProne to sudden change
- wobblyTending to teeter
- precariousDangerously insecure
unfixed · slipping · dangling · hanging · flapping · unsettled · unanchored · floating
Separated from a source
- separatedPut or kept apart
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- unattachedNot joined or connected
- uncoupledSeparated after being linked
unhooked · disjoined · severed · removed · dismantled · disassembled · unlinked · unfixed
Released from confinement
- releasedSet free from confinement
- unchainedFreed from restraints
- unshackledReleased from restraints
- unfetteredFree from restriction
unbridled · unrestrained · unrestricted · unhindered · unencumbered · emancipated · loosed · unconfined
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Partially open
unbuttoned · unzipped · undone · unclosed · unclasped · unsnapped · unbuckled · unlaced · unstrapped · unpinned
unknotted
Freed from a tangle
- untetheredNot fastened to anything
- unboundNot tied down
- looseNot firmly secured
unleashed · unhitched · unmoored · adrift · slackened · unwrapped · unraveled · untangled · unlooped · unbraided
loose
Not firmly secured
precarious · unfixed · slipping · dangling · hanging · flapping · unsettled · unanchored · floating · shifting
disconnected
Separated from a source
- separatedPut or kept apart
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- unattachedNot joined or connected
uncoupled · unhooked · disjoined · severed · removed · dismantled · disassembled · unlinked · unfixed · dislodged
freed
Released from confinement
- releasedSet free from confinement
- unchainedFreed from restraints
- unshackledReleased from restraints
unfettered · unbridled · unrestrained · unrestricted · unhindered · unencumbered · emancipated · loosed · unconfined · uncaged
- took apartdismantled, disassembled, unscrewed, unbolted, deconstructed
- fastening stateslocked, unlocked, latched, unlatched, bolted
- stabilitystable, steady, firmness, unstable, equilibrium
- fabric statesworn, clean, dirty, ripped, stretched