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# unbelted

adjective (unbelted)

«unbelted» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Not wearing a seat belt in a car or other vehicle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbelted/#m1)
2. Without a belt: an unbelted coat or dress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbelted/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used mostly in road safety lessons and news: unbelted passengers are much more likely to be badly hurt in a crash. Tells the reader someone is in danger or breaking the rules.

### Examples

- Unbelted passengers can be thrown forward in a crash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbelted/#x1)
- The police stopped the driver because a child was unbelted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbelted/#x2)
- Never ride unbelted, even for a short trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbelted/#x3)
- The unbelted coat flapped open in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbelted/#x4)
- The poster showed an unbelted dummy flying through the windscreen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbelted/#x5)
- In the survey, 2 of the 40 drivers were unbelted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbelted/#x6)

### Note

un- + belted. Takes «an»: «an unbelted passenger». Safety fact: wearing a seat belt is the law in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland for almost everyone in a car.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unbelted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbelted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unbelted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unbelted.html) on Mova free.