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un·stick

(ŭn-stĭk′)

tr.v. un·stuck (-stŭk′), un·stick·ing, un·sticks

To free from a condition of adhesion: couldn't unstick the window.

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unstick

(ʌnˈstɪk)

vb, -sticks, -sticking or -stuck

(tr) to free or loosen (something stuck)

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un•stick

(ʌnˈstɪk)

v. -stuck, -stick•ing. v.t.

1. to free, as one thing stuck to another.

v.i.

2. to become unstuck.

[1700–10]

unstick

Past participle: unstuck
Gerund: unsticking

Imperative
unstick
unstick

Present
I unstick
you unstick
he/she/it unsticks
we unstick
you unstick
they unstick

Preterite
I unstuck
you unstuck
he/she/it unstuck
we unstuck
you unstuck
they unstuck

Present Continuous
I am unsticking
you are unsticking
he/she/it is unsticking
we are unsticking
you are unsticking
they are unsticking

Present Perfect
I have unstuck
you have unstuck
he/she/it has unstuck
we have unstuck
you have unstuck
they have unstuck

Past Continuous
I was unsticking
you were unsticking
he/she/it was unsticking
we were unsticking
you were unsticking
they were unsticking

Past Perfect
I had unstuck
you had unstuck
he/she/it had unstuck
we had unstuck
you had unstuck
they had unstuck

Future
I will unstick
you will unstick
he/she/it will unstick
we will unstick
you will unstick
they will unstick

Future Perfect
I will have unstuck
you will have unstuck
he/she/it will have unstuck
we will have unstuck
you will have unstuck
they will have unstuck

Future Continuous
I will be unsticking
you will be unsticking
he/she/it will be unsticking
we will be unsticking
you will be unsticking
they will be unsticking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unsticking
you have been unsticking
he/she/it has been unsticking
we have been unsticking
you have been unsticking
they have been unsticking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unsticking
you will have been unsticking
he/she/it will have been unsticking
we will have been unsticking
you will have been unsticking
they will have been unsticking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unsticking
you had been unsticking
he/she/it had been unsticking
we had been unsticking
you had been unsticking
they had been unsticking

Conditional
I would unstick
you would unstick
he/she/it would unstick
we would unstick
you would unstick
they would unstick

Past Conditional
I would have unstuck
you would have unstuck
he/she/it would have unstuck
we would have unstuck
you would have unstuck
they would have unstuck

Translations

décoller

fallire staccare

unstick

[ˈʌnˈstɪk] VT → despegar

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unstick

pret, ptp <unstuck>

vt → lösen, losmachen ? also unstuck

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References in periodicals archive ?

I read the article on "5 tips on how to get your project 'unstuck,'" which scared me half to death when I read: "In the unsticking world, the present is the past of the future." Isn't the present also yesterday's tomorrow?

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Separately, the company will recall 4,193 Voyager vans imported between August 1996 and September 1999, as their seat belts may malfunction due to possible unsticking of an interior adhesive tape, it said.