unhitched

verb

past tense of unhitch
as in disconnected

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  1. disconnected
  2. uncoupled
  3. disjoined
  4. disunited
  5. separated
  6. disengaged
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  • The stock’s performance looks especially disconnected from the strength of the underlying business.
    — Stephanie Link, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Some fail because of a lack of training; others fail because tools are disconnected from existing systems, governance is overly restrictive or business processes remain unchanged.
    — Fabio Caversan, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of disconnected
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  • Nigo has mostly favored coed shows during the men’s calendar in Paris since 2022, but had recently uncoupled them to give womenswear a bigger spotlight.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025
  • In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Definition of uncoupled
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  • The Dixmoor Public Library District, founded in 1989, initially shared services with the Harvey Public Library District but disjoined due to economic reasons.
    — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The Lions haven't looked this disjoined offensively since Week 1, the last time they were held to fewer than 30 points.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Definition of disjoined
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  • Not since the Civil War have these proverbially United States been so disunited.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • Opponents of the Islamic Republic remain hopelessly disorganized and disunited.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2026
Definition of disunited
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  • And then around ’98, when William made this decision that fractured the community forever, the well-meaning adults separated the genders.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This means that Cumberland in Western Maryland and Salisbury on the Eastern Shore — separated by the Chesapeake Bay and nearly the entire width of the state — could one day end up represented by the same member of Congress.
    — Colin Pascal, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of separated
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  • With the throne disengaged from governance, petitions and reports from officials piled up unread, crucial state posts went unfilled, and the imperial bureaucracy splintered amid poisonous factional infighting.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
  • As a result, Said grew up rather politically disengaged and with no real connection to his identity.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of disengaged
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