UNSTUCK


Meaning of UNSTUCK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌnstʌk ]

1.

If something comes unstuck , it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.

The brown vinyl covering all the horizontal surfaces is coming unstuck in several places.

PHRASE : V inflects

2.

To come unstuck means to fail. ( mainly BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, usually use come unglued )

Where economics comes unstuck is when it doesn’t take account of the anticipated actions of human beings...

= fail

PHRASE : V inflects

see also unstick

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