unrigged

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adjective

Not rigged; not having the rigging up.

“The citizens are demanding an unrigged election.”

Opposite
rigged
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Meanings

adjectiveunrigged (not comparable)
  1. not comparablenauticalNot 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
  2. not comparableNot dishonestly manipulated.

    The citizens are demanding an unrigged election.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivestripped of rigging

Opposite
rigged

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From un- + rigged.

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APA

unrigged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrigged

MLA

“unrigged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrigged. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unrigged,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrigged.

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