Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not coupled; not fastened to a couple or with couplings.
- Not wedded; single.
- In heraldry, same as
découplé . - In organ-playing. separated or disjoined; not united by means of a coupler: said of keyboards. See
organ , 6.
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- adjective
disconnected from something that it should be, or is normallycoupled to
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having the coupling undone
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Examples
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Fears that the world economy has uncoupled from the US and that we aren't the biggest game in town anymore may prove to be unfounded, says the NY Times:
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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The result was a rapid increase in interest payments on the debt, and therefore in the deficit; an increase in unemployment, which became uncoupled from the U.S. rate for the first time; and low growth.
low confidence 2005
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Wilder and Hindemith hoped to collaborate again on a companion piece — Wilder's comedy Pullman Car Hiawatha — but the composer's death in 1963 ended these plans, and the operatic Long Christmas Dinner was left stranded in the limbo where so many worthy "uncoupled" one-act operas languish.
Another Wilder Opera Deutsch, Nicholas 2004
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Primary products "uncoupled" from industrial economy:
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FOREX Transactions - US$ 35 trillion p.a. Production become "uncoupled" from employment:
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If China proves not to be 'uncoupled' from the downturn in the US and its growth slows significantly, Australia will almost certainly be plunged into recession.
New Statesman Mark Beeson 2008
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Weinberg had uncovered this magical new lease on life because he'd uncoupled his identity from the job, the initial skill of life intelligence -- a set of traits and talents I detail in the book that vault you out of the life postponement rut.
Joe Robinson: Overwork S.O.S.: Increase Your 'Worth Ethic' and Save Your Health Joe Robinson 2010
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Weinberg had uncovered this magical new lease on life because he'd uncoupled his identity from the job, the initial skill of life intelligence -- a set of traits and talents I detail in the book that vault you out of the life postponement rut.
Joe Robinson: Overwork S.O.S.: Increase Your 'Worth Ethic' and Save Your Health Joe Robinson 2010
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For example, a particular ocean model might be used uncoupled by a large community, and also be integrated into several different coupled climate models at different labs.
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Weinberg had uncovered this magical new lease on life because he'd uncoupled his identity from the job, the initial skill of life intelligence -- a set of traits and talents I detail in the book that vault you out of the life postponement rut.
Joe Robinson: Burnout S.O.S.: Increase Your 'Worth Ethic' and Save Your Health Joe Robinson 2010
GHibbs commented on the word uncoupled
Also past and perfect of the verb 'to uncouple'.
November 24, 2011