Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not buttoned.
  • adjective Free and unrestrained in expression.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of unbutton.
  • adjective In disarray.
  • adjective Informal, casual.

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  • adjective not buttoned
  • adjective not under constraint in action or expression

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Examples

  • And by "unbuttoned", I mean, seething, foaming at the mouth, climbing the walls, scratching my eyes out/ears bleeding, crazy.

    I Can See Russia From My House. Kat 2008

  • And by "unbuttoned", I mean, seething, foaming at the mouth, climbing the walls, scratching my eyes out/ears bleeding, crazy.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Kat 2008

  • All Purcell's choruses, however, are not of Handelian mould, for he wrote many that are sheer loveliness from beginning to end, many that are the very voice of the deepest sadness, many, again, showing a gaiety, an "unbuttoned" festivity of feeling, such as never came into music again until

    Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians John F. Runciman 1891

  • I'm annoyed that I seem not to have taken a picture of the "unbuttoned" tie, or maybe it just somehow failed to make it to my USB drivestick.

    Fashion World of SL 2009

  • Director-co-writer Guillermo del Toro is obviously a genius at this kind of unbuttoned fairytale horror story.

    unknown title 2009

  • The concept of "unbuttoned" could offers to many entry points, I feel that, at least for now, they've chosen just the safest way.

    Adverblog 2008

  • Now, a familiar apparel label is teaming up with a cable channel to lend its name to 30 weeks of "unbuttoned" programming.

    Reflector - Latest Headlines from The Daily Reflector 2008

  • He had on jeans, his shirt was completely unbuttoned, his sleeves were rolled up, and there were soap bubbles on his forearms.

    Recipe for Love Shamara Ray 2011

  • Outside of my car, I smoothed my skirt, unbuttoned another button on my blouse, and popped an Altoid.

    Recipe for Love Shamara Ray 2011

  • My other friend's boyfriend wears tasseled loafers with unbuttoned lose shirts and if he wasn't so young and hot, he could easily slip into "Carpet Salesman" territory.

    Monah Li: Men in Clothes Monah Li 2011

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