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unleaded

unleaded

6 3.2
Not containing lead, used as fuel or paint
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈliːdɪd/
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  • As the police chief said, it's unleaded gas.
  • unleaded gasoline
  • unleaded gas
  • regular unleaded

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Examples

  • China plans to convert fully to unleaded gas by the year 2000.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Unleaded fuel only.

    Another Stakeout (1993)

  • OK, so last thing we had to go to unleaded gas.

  • What do you use, unleaded, regular unleaded?

    Meet the Parents (2000)

  • Regular or unleaded, it gets the job done.

    Chopping Mall (1986)

  • To persuade drivers to buy unleaded fuel, its price had to be reduced in most European countries.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Europe also has had to acquire supplies and a distribution network for unleaded gasoline.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Funds are used for new buses, unleaded gasoline, clean-burning industrial fuels, and vehicular emission controls.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Catalytic converters are the best available technology for emission abatement, and they require unleaded gasoline.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The station only offers unleaded gasoline to reduce environmental pollution.

Synonyms

lead-free
vsunleaded
1 3.5

Does not contain the metal lead

is focused on absence or treatment with lead rather than only naming compounds
nonleaded
vsunleaded
  • Specialized
3.2

Fuel for cars that has no added lead

is the general term for substances not containing or treated with lead
leadless
vsunleaded
4.8

Not containing or treated with lead

is mainly used for petrol or gasoline rather than for all materials

Antonyms

leaded
7.0

Containing a heavy soft metal found in old pipes and car fuel

Compounds

unleaded gasoline
  • US
1 3.0

Fuel for cars that does not contain lead

unleaded petrol
  • UK
2.5

Petrol without added lead used to fuel cars

Surface Forms

unleaded positive

Morphology

unleaded = leaded (transparent) = un + lead + ed

Formed by negating the adjective 'leaded' (containing lead) with 'un-', so the meaning 'not containing lead' is directly derived.

Etymology

Unleaded breaks into the prefix un- meaning 'not' and lead meaning 'a heavy metal'. So unleaded means 'without lead' and is used for petrol and paint that do not have the harmful metal and are safer.