unfixed
- adjective
- /ʌnˈfɪkst/
- Whatever the precise reasons for shifting electoral identities and preferences, it is not that Indian voters are volatile, but rather that they apparently define their electoral interests in unfixed ways, voting by caste in one election and by conviction in the next.
- unfixed interests
Examples
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The pluralist solution presumes that individual interests are unfixed and fluid.
Academic text (1997) -
Time seems unfixed, malleable.
Fiction book (1990) -
In it, I stand on the porch of this rundown place, unfixed, untended.
Blog text (11) -
Part of the problem here is that many security pundits rank vulnerabilities as "zero-day" as long as they are both publicly identified and unfixed.
Blog text (29) -
Adams's identity as a clergyman suddenly becomes unfixed as the magistrate, thinking the Aeschylus is "Ciphers" (148), labels him a spy.
Academic text (2007) -
Her beliefs about the future are unfixed, constantly changing based on new experiences.
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The artist's style is unfixed, blending different techniques to create something unique.
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They found their plans unfixed, always open to change and adaptation.
Synonyms
Not decided or final, for example a question, a plan
Unclear and hard to picture or describe
Not given a value in a computer program
Not clearly expressed or made definite
Not firmly agreed or fixed
Antonyms
How Settled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unfixed has two parts: un- meaning 'not' and fix meaning 'to make firm', like when you fix a picture to a wall. So, when an idea or plan is unfixed, it is not yet decided or settled.