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unrigged

unrigged adjective: not rigged; not having the rigging up.

Adjective

unrigged (not comparable)

  1. Not rigged; not having the rigging up.
    • As she drew nigh, all eyes were fixed upon her broad beams, called shears, which, in some whaling-ships, cross the quarter-deck at the height of eight or nine feet; serving to carry the spare, unrigged, or disabled boats.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
  2. Not dishonestly manipulated.
    • The citizens are demanding an unrigged election.

Origin of unrigged

From un- + rigged.

Questions about unrigged

What does unrigged mean?
Unrigged means not rigged; not having the rigging up.
What part of speech is unrigged?
Unrigged is an adjective.

Words near unrigged in the dictionary

  1. unrife
  2. unriffled
  3. unrifled
  4. unrifted
  5. unrig
  6. unrigged
  7. unrigging
  8. unright
  9. unrightable
  10. unrighted
  11. unrighteous

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