unpoweredadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpaʊəd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpaʊ(ə)rd/ Without power; (now) esp. not using or involving mechanical or electrical power.
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1892 A. M. Earle China Collecting in Amer. i. 14 He really is a poor, uninfluential, unpowered vassal in kitchen and pantry.
1916 Salt Lake Tribune 20 Sept. 16/4 A ruling affecting the towing of ‘dead’ or unpowered automobiles through the city streets was handed down yesterday.
1975 S. Johnson Urbane Guerilla iii. 108 The canal..plunging..through a half-mile tunnel forbidden to unpowered craft.
2010 Independent 25 Jan. 26/1 (heading) Daredevil Felix Baumgartner..made the first unpowered flight across the English Channel in 2003.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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