"unplugging" is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to refer to the process of physically disconnecting an appliance or electronic device from a power source. For example: "I always remember to unplug my laptop before going to bed each night."
The thing that has probably saved the most energy over this smart meter experiment is unplugging everything in the living room that we had on standby.
When it came to unplugging these devices, they had to make a concerted effort to change their routine.
We could see that by just turning off and unplugging the things we weren't using brought our average hourly use down from 8p 9p per hour to 2p per hour.
We used the standby saver in the living room, because the thing that has probably saved the most energy over this smart meter experiment is unplugging everything in the living room that we had on standby.
"It would be like unplugging our brains in some way," explains Mr Dunham between swigs of lemonade.At first glance, their work doesn't have much in common.
Before he started using Freedom he managed to write a book, but only by unplugging his cable modem to cut off his internet access.
The point is adequately made by simply unplugging the damned computer.Matt SimonBostonLooking for the right manSIR – My husband and I enjoyed your article on spousal selection and its finding that women have better choices the higher the ratio of males to females ("A buyers' market", December 15th).
So, in theory, the little server's energy consumption could be halved by unplugging its internal fans.However, even in the interests of science, your correspondent isn't quite prepared to risk turning his home server into toast.
Want to "plug into God without unplugging from life"?
Brazilians who have recently levered themselves out of poverty would give up much else before unplugging their first-ever fridges and washing machines.
Apps that block the Internet are popular; corrective social customs have surfaced around excessive texting; brave souls are unplugging in dramatic fashion; and a minor industry of Internet-free vacations and tech-rehab programs has emerged for mellower renunciations.
