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  • adjective Not propelled.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ propelled

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Examples

  • While this fluid vortex rotated around the sun, it pushed the earth along with it, as flowing water affects an unpropelled boat or a moving vessel transports a sleeping passenger.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas EDWARD ROSEN 1968

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