unwired

English

Verb

unwired

1. simple past and past participle of unwire

Adjective

unwired (not comparable)

1. Not wired.
2. (rail transport) Of an unelectrified line or route, without overhead wiring to supply current to electric trains via pantographs.
   • 2024 May 1, Philip Haigh, “Network News: RIA argues for battery electrics to replace diesel trains”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 10:

     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.

Anagrams

• unweird