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Unbuttoned

//ʌnˈbʌtənd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the buttons undone.

    "Once a white man in an unbuttoned uniform, camping on the path with an armed escort of lank Zanzibaris, very hospitable and festive, not to say drunk."

  2. 2
    In disarray.
  3. 3
    Informal, casual.
Adjective
  1. 1
    not buttoned wordnet
  2. 2
    not under constraint in action or expression wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of unbutton form-of, participle, past

    "I unbuttoned my shirt to take it off."

Etymology

From un- + buttoned. In some instances possibly from unbutton.

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