unrigged en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + rigged.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not rigged; not having the rigging up.
As she drew nigh, all eyes were fixed upon her broad beams, called shears, which, in some whaling-ships, cross the quarter-deck at the height of eight or nine feet; serving to carry the spare, unrigged, or disabled boats.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
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(not-comparable) Not dishonestly manipulated.
The citizens are demanding an unrigged election.