Not having gears engaged.
Roget 674:
unprepared
etc.
(prepare);
&c.;
673;
without preparation
etc.
673;
incomplete
etc.
53;
rudimental,
embryonic,
abortive;
immature,
unripe,
kachcha†,
raw,
green,
crude;
coarse;
rough cast,
rough hewn;
in the rough;
unhewn†,
unformed,
unfashioned†,
unwrought,
unlabored†,
unblown,
uncooked,
unboiled,
unconcocted,
unpolished.
unhatched,
unfledged,
unnurtured†,
unlicked†,
untaught,
uneducated,
uncultivated,
untrained,
untutored,
undrilled,
unexercised;
deckle-edged†;
precocious,
premature;
undigested,
indigested†;
unmellowed†,
unseasoned,
unleavened.
unrehearsed,
unscripted,
extemporaneous,
improvised,
spontaneous,
ad lib,
ad libitem [Lat.].
fallow;
unsown,
untilled;
natural,
in a state of nature;
undressed;
in dishabille,
en deshabille [Fr.].
unqualified,
disqualified;
unfitted;
ill-digested;
unbegun,
unready,
unarranged†,
unorganized,
unfurnished,
unprovided,
unequipped,
untrimmed;
out of gear,
out of order;
dismantled
etc.
v..
shiftless,
improvident,
unthrifty,
thriftless,
thoughtless,
unguarded;
happy-go-lucky;
caught napping
etc.
(inexpectant)
508†;
unpremeditated
etc.
612.
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Roget 158:
powerless,
impotent,
unable,
incapable,
incompetent;
inefficient,
ineffective;
inept;
unfit,
unfitted;
unqualified,
disqualified;
unendowed;
inapt,
unapt;
crippled,
disabled
etc.
v.;
armless†.
harmless,
unarmed,
weaponless,
defenseless,
sine ictu [Lat.],
unfortified,
indefensible,
vincible,
pregnable,
untenable.
paralytic,
paralyzed;
palsied,
imbecile;
nerveless,
sinewless†,
marrowless†,
pithless†,
lustless†;
emasculate,
disjointed;
out of joint,
out of gear;
unnerved,
unhinged;
water-logged,
on one's beam ends,
rudderless;
laid on one's back;
done up,
dead beat,
exhausted,
shattered,
demoralized;
graveled
etc.
(in difficulty)
704;
helpless,
unfriended†,
fatherless;
without a leg to stand on,
hors de combat [Fr.],
laid on the shelf.
null and void,
nugatory,
inoperative,
good for nothing;
ineffectual
etc.
(failing)
732;
inadequate
etc.
640;
inefficacious
etc.
(useless)
645.
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Roget 59:
disorderly,
orderless;
out of order,
out of place,
out of gear;
irregular,
desultory;
anomalous
etc.
(unconformable)
83;
acephalous†,
deranged;
aimless;
disorganized;
straggling;
unmethodical,
immethodical†;
unsymmetric†,
unsystematic;
untidy,
slovenly;
dislocated;
out of sorts;
promiscuous,
indiscriminate;
chaotic,
anarchical;
unarranged
etc.
(arrange)
etc.
60;
confused;
deranged
etc.
61;
topsy-turvy
etc.
(inverted)
218;
shapeless
etc.
241;
disjointed,
out of joint.
troublous†;
riotous
etc.
(violent)
173.
complex
etc.
59.1.
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