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Definition unstrung in American English

unstrung adjective

adjective
/ˌʌnˈstrʌŋ/
1

feeling very upset

Example

They were nervous and unstrung, overcome by the memory of the horrors they had seen.

Example

These soft and soothing words fell like balm upon my wife's unstrung nerves.

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Definition unstrung in American English