unyoked 1 of 2

adjective

as in uncoupled

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unyoked

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verb

past tense of unyoke
as in separated
to set or force apart unyoke these two boats and tie them to the dock separately

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unyoked
  1. uncoupled
  2. separated
  3. severed
  4. divided
  5. resolved
  6. disconnected
  7. parted
  8. split
Adjective
  • An absurdist black comedy that satirizes our culture's discomfort around uncoupled people, The Lobster asks what would happen if singles were given 45 days to find a mate, or be transformed into the animal of their choice.
    — Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
  • To prevent releasing any asbestos, whole sections of the old pipe are uncoupled from their connections without cutting.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Definition of uncoupled
Verb
  • In the commotion, she was briefly separated from her 85-year-old mother, who lives with her.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, the adults were the ones who needed to be separated.
    — Jonathan Alpert OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of separated
Adjective
  • Their leader, the one who had held up the severed hand, was introduced as Maulvi Abdur Rahman Muzami, a judge.
    — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In the show’s second season, Lumon struggles to contain the fallout from these discoveries and fires the head of the severed floor, Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette), replacing her with her former deputy, Seth Milchick (Tillman).
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of severed
Verb
  • However, the available demonstration does not specify the training setup, how responsibilities the divided between the learning methods, or the precise control architecture used during execution.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Cult members lived in makeshift homes of polythene sheeting and thatch that Mackenzie divided into areas with biblical names like Jerusalem and Judea.
    — Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of divided
Adjective
  • This view helpfully shows key numbers (such as resolved requests, involvement rate, resolution rate) at the top, along with a funnel that visualizes visualizing how requests are resolved (with AI or humans).
    — Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
  • There's a difference between a closed ticket and a resolved issue.
    — Amit Mathradas, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of resolved
Verb
  • But these programs are disconnected and spread out across the state, creating a situation where students in one part of Connecticut may have access to opportunities that are walled off from students living elsewhere.
    — P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The team also demonstrated that the sheet could reconstruct its overall shape even after some fibers were cut or disconnected.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of disconnected
Adjective
  • The ex-couple parted ways in 2020 after a seven-year engagement.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 18 June 2026
  • Faithe with her son, AydenAmanda Langston As the two parted ways, Amanda saw Faithe’s demeanor shift.
    — Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026
Definition of parted
Verb
  • The interface splits each 2-core fiber into two single-core fibers inside the repeater for efficient amplification, then merges them back into 2-core fibers.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Wanda, a donkey, and Max, a horse, split their time between a farm upstate and a stable in the Bronx.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of split
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