unplugged
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“That’s what I thought,” he said as he unplugged his tablet from the main computer and tucked it in his bag.
From Literature
Tens of thousands of unproductive and unplugged oil wells have been abandoned across California — many of which continue to leak potentially explosive methane or toxic benzene.
From Los Angeles Times
That makes us all time travelers of a sort, too, beacons of an increasingly distant era in which it was possible to be unplugged.
From Los Angeles Times
Natalie’s phone lit up with a text, and she unplugged it from the wall charger.
From Literature
We were unplugged by necessity, by force majeure, by decree of Xcel Energy Inc., and compelled to set aside our screens.
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