Definitions for unbuttonedʌnˈbʌt nd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•but•tonedʌnˈbʌt nd(adj.)

  1. not buttoned.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  2. free, open, or informal; unrestrained:

    unbuttoned humor.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal

Origin of unbuttoned:

1575–85

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unbuttoned, unfastened(adj)

    not buttoned

    "the wind picked up the hem of her unbuttoned coat"

  2. unbuttoned, unlaced(adj)

    not under constraint in action or expression

    "this unbuttoned and disrespectful age"- Curtis Bok; "unlaced behavior in the neighborhood pub"

Wiktionary

  1. unbuttoned(Adjective)

    In disarray.


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