unhinged

Example Sentences

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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

She’s repeatedly keen to clarify that she’s nothing like M even as she defends her, as if she’s slowly realizing just how unhinged the character comes off in the series.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Heathcliff might have been the most overtly unhinged boyfriend adolescent girls encountered in their assigned reading list, but he was far from the only one, even within the extended Brontë universe.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026

Mr. Keoghan, lately seen—barely—as the Joker in “The Batman,” specializes in unhinged characters, but the act isn’t especially convincing this time around.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Something came unhinged in his brain that would make him incapable of working in a conventional way.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García