unbuttoned
adjective
un·but·toned
ˌən-ˈbə-tᵊnd 
1
a
: not buttoned
b
: not provided with buttons
2
: not under constraint : free and unrestricted in action and expression
the musicians' unbuttoned energy
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At the center of it all, John Summit — tanned, smiling, his shirt unbuttoned to a chest level that suggested a regular workout routine — threw up heart hands while manning the cockpit of CDJs before him.
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2025
Kim rocked a mainly all-black leather look, wearing a cowboy hat with an unbuttoned shirt, western belt and blue jeans beneath a pair of chaps.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Her left hand was held up by a muscleman in an unbuttoned white shirt.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
Among his electronic competitors was Thomas, a foppish, rail-thin twentysomething with a penchant for provocatively unbuttoned silk shirts, and who spoke nonchalantly about Gaussian functions, Faraday’s law of induction, and something called the hysteresis curve.
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2025
Kim rocked a mainly all-black leather look, wearing a cowboy hat with an unbuttoned shirt, western belt and blue jeans beneath a pair of chaps.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Her left hand was held up by a muscleman in an unbuttoned white shirt.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
Among his electronic competitors was Thomas, a foppish, rail-thin twentysomething with a penchant for provocatively unbuttoned silk shirts, and who spoke nonchalantly about Gaussian functions, Faraday’s law of induction, and something called the hysteresis curve.
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Unbuttoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbuttoned. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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unbuttoned
adjective
un·but·toned
ˌən-ˈbət-ᵊnd
1
a
: not buttoned
b
: not provided with buttons
2
: free and unrestricted in action or expression
the musician's unbuttoned energy
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