Meaning & use
unstuck
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No longer stuck or fixed in place; freed from an attached or jammed position.
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After a hard tug, the drawer finally came unstuck.
She worked the stamp loose until it came unstuck from the envelope.
A note on using this word
Commonly used in the phrase 'come unstuck,' which in British English also means to fail or run into trouble.
Words with a similar meaning
loosenedfreeddislodged
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Words with an opposite meaning
stuckjammed
Another way to use it
2. adjective
(informal, chiefly British) To fail or go badly wrong.
His carefully laid plan came unstuck when the weather turned.
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