unstrung

English

Etymology

un- +‎ strung

Adjective

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

unstrung

  1. simple past tense and past participle of unstring
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