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unwired

American  
[uhn-wahyuhrd] / ʌnˈwaɪərd /

adjective

  1. not wired, especially not connected by power lines, cables, or wires to receive electricity or cable television.


Etymology

Origin of unwired

un- 1 + wired

Example Sentences

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He was later a play-by-play announcer and sideline reporter covering college football and basketball games for an unwired radio network before getting hired to be the voice of Pepperdine women’s basketball for two seasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025

Ubras, a five-year-old company, wants to supplant Victoria’s Secret with the most non-Victoria’s Secret of products: unwired, sporty bras that emphasize comfort.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2021

Google is spending millions of dollars on satellites, high-altitude balloons and drones to extend internet access to an estimated 4.5 billion unwired people around the world.

From Reuters ● Oct. 6, 2015

There’s profit to be made among the roughly two-thirds of humanity that remain unwired, of course, but its pursuit seems beatified by the messianic pursuit of one digital family of man.

From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2015

But it was a nagging and an unhappy business to know that they were watched and overheard everywhere save in that one unwired room.

From The Invaders by Murray Leinster

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