UNHINGED


Meaning of UNHINGED in English

|ən|hinjd adjective

Etymology: in sense 1, from past participle of unhinge; in sense 2, from un- (I) + hinged, past participle of hinge

1.

a. : no longer joined by or as if by a hinge

b. : deranged , disorganized

a belief … that the United Nations could keep the world from becoming unhinged in another war — Norman Cousins

2. of a stamp : never mounted or hinged

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