Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not fastened or secured by a cable.

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  • adjective Not cabled.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ cabled

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Examples

  • Entrenched monopolies would fall, and a new uncabled era would usher in a level of intimate contact that would not only transform business but change human behavior.

    CUTTING LOOSE 2007

  • Entrenched monopolies would fall, and a new uncabled era would usher in a level of intimate contact that would not only transform business but change human behavior.

    Something in the Air 2007

  • Entrenched monopolies would fall, and a new uncabled era would usher in a level of intimate contact that would not only transform business but change human behavior.

    Losing the Wires | Impact Lab 2005

  • The IMPs themselves were powered down, uncabled, and shipped away.

    Where Wizards Stay Up Late Katie Hafner 2001

  • The IMPs themselves were powered down, uncabled, and shipped away.

    Where Wizards Stay Up Late Katie Hafner 2001

  • "A lot of the town's problems are caused by our two local BT exchanges being too distant from homes, as well as the fact that many of the town's roads are uncabled and so do not have access to Virgin Media's high-speed network."

    Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • LB: High work would refer to anything done with cabled and uncabled falling from a height into some sort of safety equipment like an air bag or a box-ring or on a descender set-up, which would be a cable controlled descent.

    Slice of SciFi 2008

  • By his delicate electrometer, his electric spark recorder, and his marine and land relation galvanometer, he has provided the world of thought with the finest instruments of observation and research, and the world of action with the means of carrying the messages of commerce and civilisation which have yet to cross the uncabled oceans that separate the families of the earth. "

    Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities 1879

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