unhinged

Example Sentences

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The unmoored, unhinged and overlong “Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen” makes a couple of arguments for itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

He breaks out into an unhinged laugh, which Colin Jost calls “just awful.”

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

If there's one thing the 21st century has in spades, it's conspiracy theorists -- many of them angry, unhinged people hacking at their keyboards about grievances real and imagined.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

How can UCLA’s combustible coach possibly demand discipline, hold his players responsible, or blame them for failing to take accountability when, night after night, he’s the most unhinged person in the building?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

Jacobs attended city council meetings, but only sporadically, which was a good thing, in C.P.’s view, since Jacobs’ diatribes left listeners with the impression that the man was unhinged.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson