untangled
Definition
- Adjective:
- Not tangled; free from knots, snarls, or complications: Describes something that is straight, smooth, orderly, or free from a state of being twisted together or confused.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- After an hour of careful work, her hair was finally untangled and smooth.
- The sailor presented a long, untangled rope ready for use.
- With the legal issues resolved, the situation became much more untangled.
Advanced Usage
- "to remain untangled": to stay free from entanglement.
- It's a challenge to keep these extension cords untangled.
- "to leave something untangled": to not cause something to become tangled.
- Please try to leave the headphones untangled when you put them away.
Variants and Related Words
- Untangle (verb): To remove tangles from; to straighten out.
- It took me forever to untangle the Christmas lights.
- Tangle (verb/noun): To twist together into a confused mass; a confused mass.
- The wires were in a complete tangle.
- Disentangled (adjective): Synonym for untangled, often implying a previous state of being tangled.
- The disentangled threads were laid out neatly.
Synonyms
- Straightened: Made straight.
- Unknotted: Freed from knots.
- Unsnarled: Freed from snarls or tangles.
- Orderly: Neat and organized.
Antonyms
- Tangled: Twisted together in a confused mass.
- Knotted: Tied in or full of knots.
- Snarled: Tangled or complicated.
- Matted: Formed into a thick, tangled mass.
Related Phrases
- "Get untangled": To free oneself from a tangled state or a complicated situation.
- It took a while to get untangled from all the bureaucracy.
- "Keep it untangled": An instruction to maintain order and prevent tangling.
- For the fishing trip, keep the line untangled.
Adjective
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not tangled
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