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unplugged, a.
Brit. |ˌʌnˈplʌgd|, U.S. |ənˈpləgd|
[‹ unplug v. + -ed suffix1.]
1. Not plugged; having no stopper, open; having had a plug or stopper removed.
1856N.Y. Times 17 Mar. 4/3 The carpenter left an auger hole unplugged. 1874A. Fendler Mechanism of Universe 79 The wood-plugged half of the ball..has to lag behind the other half, by which a partial turning of the ball on leaving the mouth of the gun takes place, bringing the unplugged half more in front. 1877Proc. Royal Soc. 26 490 Two tubes..were plugged with cotton wool, capsuled, and insolated until June 21, when both were encased.., the plug being withdrawn from one... The unplugged one was impregnated by means of a glass rod dipped in a solution containing abundant Bacteria. 1943A. L. Burt in A. Nevins & L. M. Hacker U.S. & its Place in World Affairs 1918–43 xxii. 326 It was useless to pour water into a tub with an unplugged hole in the bottom. 1964Bot. Gaz. 125247 The orifices of young leaves were plugged with cotton... Treatment solutions were..poured into unplugged funnel-shaped leaves. 1993Sci. News 10 Apr. 230/3 Unscrupulous drillers are still abandoning unplugged wells.
2.
a. Of an electrical device, etc.: not connected; not plugged in. Also in extended use.
1957N.Y. Times 21 Apr. ii. 8/2 The return of the unplugged guitar gets another boost from George Van Eps, who was supplying rhythmic chords to jazz groups long before voltage came into fashion. 1965H. Cox Secular City 41 This selectivity can best be symbolized perhaps by the unplugged telephone or the unlisted number. 1979Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Feb. (District Weekly section) dc1 The luggage racks were empty; the lamps unplugged. 1987M. Dorris Yellow Raft in Blue Water (1988) vii. 120, I was connected to a power I never knew existed, and without it I'm unplugged. 1995Spectator 28 Jan. 7/1 How did an unplugged radio come to have ten seconds' worth of, at a guess, Mozart sloshing about inside it.
b. Of, relating to, or designating a musical performance or recording using acoustic instruments instead of electric ones (esp. where electric instruments are usual or expected). Also (in extended use): in a simplified or basic form; without frills, stripped bare. Freq. as postmodifier, esp. following the name of a performer.
In later use popularized by Unplugged, the proprietary name of a television programme (1989–) featuring acoustic performances by pop and rock acts.
1957 2a1983Washington Post 26 Dec. d7 Nils Lofgren unplugged is still Nils Lofgren the musician... Lofgren will give a rare acoustic concert at the Bayou tomorrow. 1989Toronto Star (Nexis) 6 Oct. d8 The simple, six-string folk rhythms of several songs here..owe some of their sincere appeal to the unplugged colors of Tracy Chapman's music. 1992Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 25 Oct. (21 Years of Our Price Suppl.) 12 The man who sang with Mariah Carey on her unplugged hit ‘I'll Be There’. 1999J. Preece Good Beer Guide 368/3 Unplugged music sessions Mon; live music alternate Tue; quiz Sun and Wed. 2001High Country News 8 Oct. 12/1 This is photography unplugged. There are no digital enhancements, no soft focus lenses, no traveling stage props. |