Literary notes about unfixed (AI summary)
In literature, “unfixed” is often employed to convey a sense of indeterminacy or flux, whether describing physical objects, abstract ideas, or emotional states. Authors use the term to emphasize the instability or transitory nature of their subjects, as when a character’s plans remain uncertain and open-ended [1] or when ideological principles are portrayed as lacking permanence [2]. It appears in contexts as varied as the clatter of bayonets not yet secured [3], the evolving canon of the New Testament [4], and the shifting rhythms of time and destiny [5]. In each instance, “unfixed” reinforces themes of fluidity and ambiguity, highlighting the dynamic processes underlying both tangible phenomena and the human condition [6].
- At last he begged her to set a date, but she refused, declared that her plans were unfixed, told him to call “some other time.”
— from The Blood of the Conquerors by Harvey Fergusson - Nicholas Clere, like many other people of prejudiced minds and fixed opinions, had a mind totally unfixed in the one matter of religion.
— from The King's Daughters by Emily Sarah Holt - The clank of bayonets being unfixed made Dick's nostrils quiver.
— from The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition by Rudyard Kipling - Secondly, when the gnostic attack began, the canon of the New Testament was still unfixed.
— from The Formation of Christendom, Volume II by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies - Soon, soon thy cheer would die, Thy hopes grow timorous, and unfixed thy powers, And thy clear aims be cross and shifting made;
— from Lyra Heroica: A Book of Verse for Boys - Humanity passes through the Natural world, which is not fixed either in its essence and unfixed in its faculties.
— from Louis Lambert by Honoré de Balzac
