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unplugged

British  
/ ʌnˈplʌɡd /

adjective

  1. (of a performer or performance of popular music) using acoustic rather than electric instruments

    Eric Clapton unplugged

    an unplugged version of the song

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Tens of thousands of unproductive and unplugged oil wells have been abandoned across California — many of which continue to leak potentially explosive methane or toxic benzene.

From Los Angeles Times

That makes us all time travelers of a sort, too, beacons of an increasingly distant era in which it was possible to be unplugged.

From Los Angeles Times

Natalie’s phone lit up with a text, and she unplugged it from the wall charger.

From Literature

We were unplugged by necessity, by force majeure, by decree of Xcel Energy Inc., and compelled to set aside our screens.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We look forward to making sure that oversight is preserved and protected and not muzzled and not unplugged or sabotaged.”

From Los Angeles Times