[
UK
/ʌnlˈætʃt/
]
ADJECTIVE
-
not firmly fastened or secured
an unbarred door
went through the unlatched gate into the street
an unlocked room
How To Use unlatched In A Sentence
- He turned back towards the door and slowly unlatched each latch and unlocked each lock behind him.
- Raymond Day, 52, one of members of the Michigan family, testified that Bryant and Montgomery then returned to the room with a hotel employee, and Day said he unlatched the door. Cop not guilty in hotel assault
- I unlatched the gate and edged past Heike, who blinked and snorted irritably.
- Quail wiped his hands on a clean page of the Shopper and rose and unlatched the little window. New Year's Eve
- She leaned over and unlatched the door, swinging it open towards me.
- Skillfully, she unlatched the catch and opened the door, allowing Edward and James to enter.
- She heard the sound of the door being unlatched, then a moment of ghastly silence culminating in a single shot. DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN
- No, it was a local police officer, the “beat cop” for our neighborhood, who, on seeing my unlatched door, entered to make sure everything (including me) was okay. I Love Paris in the Summer When it Drizzles
- Raymond Day, 52, one of the members of the Michigan family, testified that Bryant and Montgomery then returned to the room with a hotel employee, and Day said he unlatched the door. U.S. Capitol Police officer acquitted in National Harbor assault case
- She strode to the casement window, unlatched it and dropped her gaze to the chalky clearing ringed by juvenile rhododendrons and magnolia trees.