Definitions

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  • adjective Lacking in power, especially electrical power.
  • adjective Not using or requiring power, especially artificial power. For example, an unpowered boat (a sailing boat), aircraft (a glider) etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not having or using power

Etymologies

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un- +‎ powered.

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Examples

  • He could see an alteration in the starship’s flight dynamics—if you could call an unpowered, uncontrolled descent a flight—as the tractor beam wrestled with the atmosphere through which it passed.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • He could see an alteration in the starship’s flight dynamics—if you could call an unpowered, uncontrolled descent a flight—as the tractor beam wrestled with the atmosphere through which it passed.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • He could see an alteration in the starship’s flight dynamics—if you could call an unpowered, uncontrolled descent a flight—as the tractor beam wrestled with the atmosphere through which it passed.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • He could see an alteration in the starship’s flight dynamics—if you could call an unpowered, uncontrolled descent a flight—as the tractor beam wrestled with the atmosphere through which it passed.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • He could see an alteration in the starship’s flight dynamics—if you could call an unpowered, uncontrolled descent a flight—as the tractor beam wrestled with the atmosphere through which it passed.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • He could see an alteration in the starship’s flight dynamics—if you could call an unpowered, uncontrolled descent a flight—as the tractor beam wrestled with the atmosphere through which it passed.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • He could see an alteration in the starship’s flight dynamics—if you could call an unpowered, uncontrolled descent a flight—as the tractor beam wrestled with the atmosphere through which it passed.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • He could see an alteration in the starship’s flight dynamics—if you could call an unpowered, uncontrolled descent a flight—as the tractor beam wrestled with the atmosphere through which it passed.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • He could see an alteration in the starship’s flight dynamics—if you could call an unpowered, uncontrolled descent a flight—as the tractor beam wrestled with the atmosphere through which it passed.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • He could see an alteration in the starship’s flight dynamics—if you could call an unpowered, uncontrolled descent a flight—as the tractor beam wrestled with the atmosphere through which it passed.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

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