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unjammed

unjammed is the simple past and past participle of unjam.

Meaning of unjam

Verb

unjam (third-person singular simple present unjams, present participle unjamming, simple past and past participle unjammed)

  1. (transitive) To remove a blockage from; to release from being jammed.
    • The printer is still on, which is good because you may need to access features, unjam the printer, or do things that you otherwise cannot do while the thing is printing.2011, Dan Gookin, PCs For Dummies, page 152

Adjective

unjammed (not comparable)

  1. Not jammed.

Origin of unjammed

From unjam + -ed.

From un- + jammed.

Questions about unjammed

What does unjammed mean?
Unjammed means not jammed.
What is unjammed the simple past and past participle of?
Unjammed is the simple past and past participle of unjam.
What part of speech is unjammed?
Unjammed is an adjective.

Words near unjammed in the dictionary

  1. unjailed
  2. unjailing
  3. unjails
  4. unjam
  5. unjammable
  6. unjammed
  7. unjamming
  8. unjams
  9. unjangled
  10. unjapanned
  11. unjar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unjammed (page history and authors); unjam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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