Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not supplied with fuel; not fed with fuel.

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  • adjective Not fueled.

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  • adjective not provided with fuel

Etymologies

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un- +‎ fueled

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Examples

  • No, not Apollo 13 ( "Houston, we have a problem"), ultimately a triumph, fully captured here, but Apollo 1, in which astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee burned to death while performing a simulated countdown in a test capsule atop an unfueled rocket.

    Five Best 2007

  • That crack is very shallow, but, nevertheless, was discovered after an inspection after those two events where they filled up the fuel tank with fuel and unfueled it.

    CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2006 2006

  • In the MSR-ISPP plan a single Delta 2 is used to send a single unfueled Mars ascent vehicle MAV to the Martian surface together with a rover.

    The Case for Mars Robert Zubrin 1996

  • In the MSR-ISPP plan a single Delta 2 is used to send a single unfueled Mars ascent vehicle MAV to the Martian surface together with a rover.

    The Case for Mars Robert Zubrin 1996

  • With an unfueled Shuttle aboard, it weighs about 11 million pounds.

    growabrain 2008

  • These are not ready to launch on warning: their warheads are kept in storage and the missiles themselves are unfueled.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008

  • Moreover, China’s ICBMs can’t be quickly launched; the warheads are stored separately, and the missiles are kept unfueled.

    Superiority Complex 2007

  • Moreover, China’s ICBMs can’t be quickly launched; the warheads are stored separately, and the missiles are kept unfueled.

    Superiority Complex 2007

  • Moreover, China’s ICBMs can’t be quickly launched; the warheads are stored separately, and the missiles are kept unfueled.

    Superiority Complex 2007

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