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Definition of "unleaded" []

  • Containing no lead or lead compounds: unleaded paint. (adjective)
  • Not containing tetraethyl lead: unleaded gasoline. (adjective)
  • Printing Not spaced or separated with lead, as lines of type. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "unleaded" in a sentence
  • "AAA reports the average price of a gallon or regular unleaded is at $2.555 ($2.56 for grfx), a drop of six-tenths of a cent from the previous day."
  • "As I write, the lowest average price in America for a gallon of regular unleaded is $1.683 in Oklahoma, while the highest is $2.866 in Alaska. 1 Whatever the exact figures, they are far more than half of what they were when prices were at their highest."
  • "I love this chick … what other celebrity could I possibly run into at a 76 station, start pumping my gas and then pump their ass before the super unleaded is finished???"