unwired

American  

[uhn-wahyuhrd] / ʌnˈwaɪərd /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of unwired

un- ¹ + wired

Example Sentences

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

In this screen-centric age, a few scenic and relatively unwired places remain in the United States, such as Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in southern Arizona and parts of the Adirondack Mountains in New York.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2019

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

“You’ve got the Market unwired and you’re going to connect up your network with the big interchange down on Front Street.”

From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Doctorow, Cory