ungeared

1. 1.

   having gears not engaged or disconnected

   “the machine's ungeared pinion”

   Antonymsgeared

   Similarout of gear

Questions about ungeared

What does ungeared mean?

ungeared means "having gears not engaged or disconnected".

How many syllables are in ungeared?

ungeared has 3 syllables: un-gea-red. The stress falls on "un".

What is the opposite of ungeared?

The recorded antonyms are geared.

Is ungeared a common word?

ungeared is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.