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unplugged

disconnected \disconnected\ adj.

  1. marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds.

    Syn: abrupt, broken off(predicate).

  2. not switched on or not connected to a power source; -- of electrical equipment. [Narrower terms: off-line (vs. on-line), offline, off line(predicate); unplugged]

    Syn: not ready, off.

  3. noncontinuous; not continuing in time or space. Opposite of continuous.

    Syn: disrupted, discontinuous.

  4. unconnected, detached. Opposite of connected.

    Syn: disjoined, separate.

  5. lacking orderly continuity; illogical or seemingly irrational; as, disconnected fragments of a story.

    Syn: confused, disjointed, disordered, disorganized, desultory, garbled, illogical, rambling, scattered, unconnected.

Wiktionary
unplugged
  1. 1 Not plugged in. 2 (context music English) Using acoustic instruments, especially instead of electric ones. 3 Without a plug or bung (qualifier: of a vessel containing liquid) 4 (context slang English) Presented in a more low-key and intimate context than usual. v

  2. (en-past of: unplug)

WordNet
unplug
  1. v. of electrical appliances [syn: disconnect] [ant: plug in]

  2. [also: unplugging, unplugged]

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Wikipedia
Unplugged

Unplugged may refer to:

  • Acoustic music
  • MTV Unplugged, a TV and album series showcasing popular musical artists playing acoustic instruments
    • MTV Unplugged (Katy Perry album), 2009
    • MTV Unplugged (Shakira album), 2000
    • MTV Unplugged (Bryan Adams album), 1997
    • MTV Unplugged (Mariah Carey EP), 1992
    • MTV Unplugged in New York, a 1994 live album by Nirvana
  • Unplugged (5'nizza album), 2002
  • Unplugged (Alice in Chains album), 1996
  • Unplugged (Arrested Development album), 1992
  • Unplugged at Studio 330, a 2007 EP by Big & Rich
  • Unplugged (Aventura album)
  • Unplugged (Eric Clapton album), 1992
  • Unplugged (Die Fantastischen Vier album)
  • Unplugged (Kerber album), 1999
  • Unplugged, ( The Corrs), 2000
  • Unplugged (Alicia Keys album), 2005
  • Unplugged (The Korgis album), 2006
  • Unplugged (Leessang album), 2012
  • Unplugged (Mizraab album), 2012
  • Unplugged (Neil Young album), 1993
  • Unplugged (Siti Nurhaliza album), 2015
  • Unplugged (Tempo album), 2001
  • Unplugged (The Official Bootleg), a 1991 album by Paul McCartney
  • The Corrs Unplugged, a 1999 album by The Corrs
  • "Unplugged" (Modern Family), a 2010 episode of Modern Family
  • Unplugged (Godhead EP), a 2007 EP by Godhead
  • Unplugged, Mnemonic (band) EP
  • Unplugged: Live from Sugarhill Studios, an EP by Lynch Mob
  • Unplugged: Live from Sugarhill Studios, an EP by Lynch Mob
  • '' Unplugged (7th Heaven album)
Unplugged (Eric Clapton album)

Unplugged is a live album by Eric Clapton released in 1992. It was recorded for the MTV Unplugged series and includes both the hit song " Tears in Heaven" and a heavily reworked acoustic version of " Layla". The album won three Grammy Awards in 1993 and sold 26 million copies worldwide.

Unplugged (The Corrs album)

The Corrs Unplugged is an album by Irish band The Corrs, released in 1999. The album is part of MTV's Unplugged series. It was released internationally but for a short time was not available in the United States until later. The song "No Frontiers" was sung by Sharon and Caroline, with Jim playing the piano. It is a cover of the Mary Black song, written by Jimmy MacCarthy.

This session was recorded live on in front of an audience at Ardmore Studios, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, and was released on CD, MiniDisc, DVD, VCD and VHS. The CD release features the songs in a somewhat different order to in which they were actually performed. Dreams was omitted from the track list and is only featured as a bonus track on some releases. The DVD and VHS retains the original song order and are also mostly unedited, while the CD edits out almost all of the talking between songs.

Unplugged (Alice in Chains album)

MTV Unplugged is a live album and DVD by the American rock band Alice in Chains. It was recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Majestic Theatre as part of the MTV Unplugged series of concerts and contains live, acoustic versions of the band's songs and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.

Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)

Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) is a live unplugged performance by Paul McCartney, recorded and released in 1991. Following the vastness of his world tour recently captured on Tripping the Live Fantastic, McCartney relished the opportunity to strip back his songs and appear on the newly launched acoustic-only show MTV Unplugged. Consequently, McCartney was the first in a long line of artists to release an unplugged album.

Unplugged (Neil Young album)

Unplugged is a live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, released on June 15, 1993 on Reprise. Recorded on February 7, 1993, the album is an installment of the MTV series, Unplugged. The performance was also released on VHS.

Unplugged (5'nizza album)

Unplugged is a demo album by the Ukrainian band 5'nizza. It was released sometime in 2002, but the exact date is unknown because it was originally meant to be a demo but was immediately pirated by Russian bootleggers. The album is said to be the most sold album of 2002 and 2003 years in the CIS countries, especially Russia.

Notable tracks are “Солдат” (Soldat, Soldier), "Ямайка" (Yamaika, Jamaica), and the Bob Marley cover “Jammin'”.

Unplugged (Alicia Keys album)

Unplugged is the first live album (third overall) by American recording artist Alicia Keys. It was recorded as part of the television program MTV Unplugged on July 4, 2005 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York City, and released in the United States on October 11, 2005 by J Records, including songs from her multi-platinum albums Songs in A Minor and The Diary of Alicia Keys. The album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at number one, with first-week sales of 196,000 copies in the U.S. and over 245,000 copies worldwide—the highest debut for an MTV Unplugged album since Nirvana's 1994 MTV Unplugged in New York and the first Unplugged by a female artist to debut at number one. The album has sold over one million copies in the United States and over 2.5 million copies worldwide. Additionally, it received four nominations for the 2006 Grammy Awards, including Best R&B Album.

The first single released from the album was " Unbreakable", which peaked at number thirty-four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The second single, " Every Little Bit Hurts", was released in January 2006. The video premiered on January 17 on BET's 106 & Park. The album and DVD includes songs from her multi-platinum albums Songs in A Minor and The Diary of Alicia Keys.

Unplugged (Aventura album)

Unplugged is the first live album released by Bachata group Aventura.

Unplugged (Kerber album)

Unplugged is the second live album by Serbian hard rock band Kerber, released in 1999.

The material was recorded on Kerber unplugged concert in Studio M in Novi Sad. The album was released in 1999 through PGP-RTS and rereleased in 2006 through Take It Or Leave It Records. The Take It Or Leave It Records release features the track "Sutrašnji dan" which did not appear on the 1999 release.

The tracks were originally released on two limited edition cassettes on Take It or Leave It Records in 1998. They contained the tracks "Nikad ponovo" and "Svet se brzo okreće" which did not appear on the CD releases.

Unplugged (Godhead EP)

Unplugged is the seventh release and first EP by the industrial rock band Godhead, released online on October 24, 2007. This live album was produced by Godhead during their acoustic Unplugged concert on Jonathan Davis' solo tour.

Unplugged (Modern Family)

"Unplugged" is the fifth episode of the second season of the ABC sitcom, Modern Family, and the 29th episode of the series overall. The episode originally aired October 20, 2010. It was written by series co-creator Steven Levitan and directed by Michael Spiller.

The episode follows Phil, Claire and the kids trying to improve their communication skills by giving up their electronic devices. Gloria is getting obsessed over a neighbor's barking dog while Mitchell and Cameron try to find a preschool for Lily.

"Unplugged" received a mix of critical acclaim and negative reviews. The episode also received controversy in Peru because of a line of dialogue of Vergara's character in which she relates Peruvians with violence. According to the Nielsen Media Research the episode received a 4.7 rating/13% share in the 18-49 demographic going down a tick from the previous episode, " Strangers on a Treadmill"

Unplugged (Mizraab album)

Unplugged is the third live album and overall the fifth album by the Pakistani progressive rock band, Mizraab, released in January 2012. It is exclusively a digital download live album, and has not been released on a physical medium. The album included recordings from the band's live performances at the V-Sel Outlet in April, 2011. The live performances were recorded for the television program MTV Pakistan Unplugged, but unfortunately the program never got aired on television.

Unplugged (Leessang album)

Unplugged is the eighth album by South Korean hip-hop duo Leessang. The album was released on May 25, 2012. The album contains 13 songs.

Unplugged (7th Heaven album)

Unplugged is an album by 7th Heaven, issued in 2009.

Unplugged (Unspoken album)

Unplugged is the first compilation album by Unspoken. Centricity Music released the album on June 9, 2015. These songs are all acoustic renditions of past material alongside some new songs.

Usage examples of "unplugged".

Marching into her bedroom she unplugged that phone too, but not before it began finging.

I always double-check that the oven is off, the iron unplugged, the door locked.

She had unplugged her modem earlier, wrapped the cords around it, and placed it on top of the case.

She unplugged the phone from the wall jack, took the phone wire provided with the unit, and hooked the unit to the jack, then connected the phone to the unit.

All she had wanted to do was fall into bed, so she had put the DO NOT DTSTURB sign on the door and unplugged the phone.

Quietly he closed the computer, unplugged it, and carried it to the third bedroom.

As Roy unplugged the computer and closed it, the pilot of the JetRanger alerted him, by way of the public-address system, that they were one minute from their destination.

If she had found the computer unplugged, she wouldn't have been able to get into Mama.

For one frantic moment of denial, he tried to delude himself into remembering that he had switched off or unplugged the attaché case computer before he had departed the chopper.

She unplugged the computer, put it in the aisle beside her seat, and reached for the dog.

Spencer had been driving for nearly an hour and a half before Ellie switched off the computer and unplugged it from the cigarette lighter.

I got up, unplugged, got myself a cup of tea, and took it over to my desk, where I punched for the results on the West End data.

In fact, it made it so much better that I unplugged the radio, the toaster, the washing machine, the dryer.

The room is rather much what Stanfield described, but he did not mention the Gideon Bible open on the dresser, or that to the right of the bed near the floor there is an electrical outlet with two unplugged cords on the carpet next to it, one to the lamp on the bedside table, the other to the clock radio.