unloopedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈluːpt/, U.S. /ˌənˈlupt/ Originally: not fastened with a loop. In later use chiefly: not forming or fashioned into a loop or loops.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > not fastened in other specific manner
unpinneda1393
unlaced1447
unnailed?1572
unrooted1604
ungirthed1628
unlatched1651
unchained1664
unlooped1716
unbolted1793
unbelted1814
unhinged1824
unclasped1825
unpulleyed1839
strapless1846
unwelded1846
unroped1849
unhasped1856
unwhipped1867
unbuckled1874
unsoldered1876
stringless1882
unspiked1902
unclipped1922
unzippered1936
unzipped1940
1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 13 While you, with Hat unloop'd, the Fury dread Of Spouts high-streaming.
1799 L. Booker Hop-garden ii. 97 The hardier sex an unloop'd hat, broad-brimm'd, Shelters from summer's heat and winter's cold.
1850 W. Allingham Poems 2 [Locks] unbraided, and unlooped.
1855 R. Browning Saul iii. 4 The tent was unlooped.
1899 A. H. Smith Village Life in China xx. 213 His outer garment instead of being decorously fastened, is left purposely unlooped.
1927 Le Mars (Iowa) Globe-Post 21 Feb. 3/1 The creative quality of imagination is..discernable in the writing... Strong t bars, occasional unlooped letters and back curling terminals.
1978 Wall Street Jrnl. (Nexis) 14 July 6 Facilities would have completed remaining unlooped portions of Westcoast's mainline system in British Columbia.
2005 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 22 Mar. (Features section) 4 Carefully thread the beads on to the unlooped end of memory wire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1716