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Webster 1828 Edition


Unfixed

UNFIX'ED

, pp.
1.
Unsettled; loosened.
2.
a. Wandering; erratic; inconstant; having no settled habitation.
3.
Having no settled view or object of pursuit.

Definition 2024


unfixed

unfixed

English

Adjective

unfixed (not comparable)

  1. Not fixated or fixed; moving or changing freely
    • 1873, Jules Verne, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Chapter 1:
      The monster again became an islet, rock, or reef, but a runaway reef, unfixed and elusive.
    • 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:
      It was best to use unfixed cells permeabilized in the presence of glycerol and/or low taxol concentration to prevent microtubule depolymerization.
  2. (of a problem) Not fixed; not corrected.

Translations

Verb

unfixed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of unfix