unstrung

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ strung.

Adjective

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unstrung (not comparable)

  1. Not strung.
  2. (informal) Emotionally upset; not able to keep it together.
    • 1848, Orson Squire Fowler, A Home for All:
      Waking up in the small room, you feel dull, stupid, gloomy, oppressed, yawny, lax, and all unstrung in body and mind...

Verb

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unstrung

  1. simple past and past participle of unstring