Meaning & use
unhinged
Mentally unstable or behaving in a wild, irrational, and uncontrolled way.
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He seemed completely unhinged, shouting at strangers on the empty street.
The scandal left the once-calm executive looking increasingly unhinged in public.
A note on using this word
Unhinged is informal and often used loosely for extreme anger or instability rather than a clinical diagnosis.
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