unfixed

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adjective

Not fixated or fixed; moving or changing freely

Similar
detachedfreefloatingunfirmunsteadynebulousindefinite
Opposite
fixed
OriginEnglish fixed ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
UncommonScrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectiveunfixed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot fixated or fixed; moving or changing freely

    The monster again became an islet, rock, or reef, but a runaway reef, unfixed and elusive.

    1873, Jules Verne, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Chapter 1
    1 more example

    It was best to use unfixed cells permeabilized in the presence of glycerol and/or low taxol concentration to prevent microtubule depolymerization.

    2008 November 28, Ariane Dimitrov et al., “Detection of GTP-Tubulin Conformation in Vivo Reveals a Role for GTP Remnants in Microtubule Rescue”, in Science, volume 322, number 5906
  2. not comparableNot fixed; not corrected.

    That bug had gone undiagnosed and unfixed for several months due in part to the difficulty of reproducing the problem […]

    2007, Ben Liblit, Cooperative Bug Isolation: Winning Thesis of the 2005 ACM Doctoral Competition
    1 more example

    There is no general, unfixed problem of exclusion as such, only specific instances with specific causes, which can or cannot be cured by specific means in this or that instance.

    2016, Christopher Pizzino, Arresting Development: Comics at the Boundaries of Literature
  3. not comparableNot fraudulently prearranged.

    Examples include an honest roulette wheel or, at the bottom end of the category, an unfixed horse race.

    1985, The Business Quarterly, volume 50, page 23
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unfix

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot firmly placed or set or fastened

Similar
detachedfreefloatingunfirmunsteady
Opposite
fixed

adjectivelacking definition or definite content

Similar
nebulousindefinite
Also see
detachedfloatingfreeindefinitenebulousunfirmunsteady

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishfixed
  9. Englishunfixed

From un- + fixed.

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Translations

Māori tatere
  • taterenot firmly attached
Spanish non fijado
  • non fijadonot firmly attached
Cite this entry
APA

unfixed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfixed

MLA

“unfixed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfixed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfixed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfixed.

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