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unwired

unwired adjective: not wired. Also the simple past and past participle of unwire.

Adjective

unwired (not comparable)

  1. Not wired.
    • an unwired bra
  2. Not connected by electrical wires.
    1. Of an unelectrified line or route, without overhead wiring to supply current to electric trains via pantographs.
      • Clarke said that this 'total cost' approach should be used across unwired routes in combination with route profit and loss figures from the Great British Railways Transition Team, to give a more rounded picture of costs and benefits.2024 May 1, Philip Haigh, “Network News: RIA argues for battery electrics to replace diesel trains”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 10

Also used as

unwired is also the simple past and past participle of unwire.

Synonyms of unwired

Origin of unwired

From un- + wired.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about unwired

What does unwired mean?
Unwired means not wired.
What part of speech is unwired?
Unwired is an adjective.

Words near unwired in the dictionary

  1. unwipe
  2. unwiped
  3. unwipes
  4. unwiping
  5. unwire
  6. unwired
  7. unwires
  8. unwiring
  9. unwisdom
  10. unwisdoms
  11. unwise

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