unfix

[ uhn-fiks ]

verb (used with object)

, un·fixed or un·fixt, un·fix·ing.

1. to render no longer fixed; fix; unfasten; detach; loosen; free.
2. to unsettle, as the mind, traditions, or habits.

unfix

/ ʌnˈfɪks /

verb

1. to unfasten, detach, or loosen
2. to unsettle or disturb

Other Words From

• un·fix·ed·ness [uhn-, fik, -sid-nis, -, fikst, -nis], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unfix¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- ² + fix

Example Sentences

“It has a lot to do with the continual state of becoming — for a body, but also what that means for photography, to unfix an image,” Kang says, adding that the title refers to the shedding of skins.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m sorry for my presence — for unconsciously normalizing an unnatural body standard, not expressing my challenges with body image and not being strong enough to unfix this years ago,” she said.

From Fox News

She was home from boarding school for the summer, and day after day the sun rose into a cloudless sky, from which Jane couldn’t unfix the word “cerulean,” which she’d learned in the art room.

From The New Yorker

These words were lost upon Bill, who was insensible to every thing but the sight of the gold, and before he could unfix his gaze, and lift up his head to pour out his hundred thousand blessings, the stranger was gone.

From Project Gutenberg

Plains immense Lie stretch'd below, interminable meads, And vast savannas, where the wandering eye, Unfix'd, is in a verdant ocean lost.

From Project Gutenberg

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