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unstranded

unstranded is the simple past and past participle of unstrand.

Meaning of unstrand

Verb

unstrand (third-person singular simple present unstrands, present participle unstranding, simple past and past participle unstranded)

  1. (transitive) To separate the strands of.
    • A convenient supply for this is to unstrand ordinary antenna cable[…]1927, Radio, volume 9, page 24
  2. (intransitive) To separate into its individual strands.
    • Elsa's skirt was splashed with wet and her bun was beginning to unstrand.2004, Esther Freud, The Sea House

Adjective

unstranded (not comparable)

  1. Not stranded (in various senses).

Questions about unstranded

What does unstranded mean?
Unstranded means not stranded (in various senses).
What is unstranded the simple past and past participle of?
Unstranded is the simple past and past participle of unstrand.
What part of speech is unstranded?
Unstranded is an adjective.

Words near unstranded in the dictionary

  1. unstrains
  2. unstraitened
  3. unstraked
  4. unstrand
  5. unstrandable
  6. unstranded
  7. unstranding
  8. unstrands
  9. unstrange
  10. unstranged
  11. unstrangeness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unstranded (page history and authors); unstrand (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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