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Past tense of unplug

regular verb

The past tense of unplug is unplugged. The past participle is also unplugged.

Forms of unplug

Base form (V1)unplug /ʌnˈplʌɡ/
Past tense (V2)unplugged /ʌnˈplʌɡd/
Past participle (V3)unplugged /ʌnˈplʌɡd/
Present participleunplugging
Third person singularunplugs

Unplugged in a sentence

  • We had unplugged from each other, the kind of unplugging where the charger gets torn out of the computer and the computer automatically dies.2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN
  • It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.From the entry rest
  • The circuitry for each of the 23 channels can be quickly unplugged for servicing.1947 April 25, Ernst H[enry] Krause, “High Altitude Research with V-2 Rockets”, in Luther P[fahler] Eisenhart, editor, Proceedings of the…. From the entry circuitry
  • He unplugged my umbilical cord to take a leisurely swig, smirking, watching me turn blue before giving it back.2019, Sally Thorne, 99 Percent Mine: A Novel, HarperCollins, →ISBN. From the entry brand
  • We assumed advisedly that these transmitted twice as much air as an unorificed, unplugged channel loaded with a fuel cartridge.1951 July, Melville Clark, Jr., “Numerical Results and Conclusions”, in Axial Heat Distribution in Brookhaven Reactor (BNL-123), Upton…. From the entry advisedly

Meaning of unplug

  1. verb To disconnect from a supply, especially an electrical socket.
  2. verb To stop using electronic devices, especially for relaxation or to reduce stress.
  3. verb To remove a blockage from (especially a water pipe or drain).

Full definition of unplug

Questions about the past tense of unplug

What is the past tense of unplug?
The past tense of unplug is unplugged.
What is the past participle of unplug?
The past participle of unplug is unplugged.
Is unplug a regular or irregular verb?
Unplug is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unplug (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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