unwired en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English wired English unwired From un- + wired.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not wired.
an unwired bra
- (not-comparable) Not connected by electrical wires.
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(not-comparable) Not connected by electrical wires. ▸ Of an unelectrified line or route, without overhead wiring to supply current to electric trains via pantographs.
Clarke said that this 'total cost' approach should be used across unwired routes in combination with route profit and loss figures from the Great British Railways Transition Team, to give a more rounded picture of costs and benefits.
2024 May 1, Philip Haigh, “Network News: RIA argues for battery electrics to replace diesel trains”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 10: