Not having gears engaged.

Roget 674: unprepared etc. (prepare); &c.; 673; without preparation etc. 673; incomplete etc. 53; rudimental, embryonic, abortive; immature, unripe, kachcha^†, raw, green, crude; coarse; rough cast, rough hewn; in the rough; unhewn^†, unformed, unfashioned^†, unwrought, unlabored^†, unblown, uncooked, unboiled, unconcocted, unpolished.    unhatched, unfledged, unnurtured^†, unlicked^†, untaught, uneducated, uncultivated, untrained, untutored, undrilled, unexercised; deckle-edged^†; precocious, premature; undigested, indigested^†; unmellowed^†, unseasoned, unleavened.    unrehearsed, unscripted, extemporaneous, improvised, spontaneous, ad lib, ad libitem [Lat.].    fallow; unsown, untilled; natural, in a state of nature; undressed; in dishabille, en deshabille [Fr.].    unqualified, disqualified; unfitted; ill-digested; unbegun, unready, unarranged^†, unorganized, unfurnished, unprovided, unequipped, untrimmed; out of gear, out of order; dismantled etc. v.. shiftless, improvident, unthrifty, thriftless, thoughtless, unguarded; happy-go-lucky; caught napping etc. (inexpectant) 508^†; unpremeditated etc. 612.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 158: powerless, impotent, unable, incapable, incompetent; inefficient, ineffective; inept; unfit, unfitted; unqualified, disqualified; unendowed; inapt, unapt; crippled, disabled etc. v.; armless^†.    harmless, unarmed, weaponless, defenseless, sine ictu [Lat.], unfortified, indefensible, vincible, pregnable, untenable.    paralytic, paralyzed; palsied, imbecile; nerveless, sinewless^†, marrowless^†, pithless^†, lustless^†; emasculate, disjointed; out of joint, out of gear; unnerved, unhinged; water-logged, on one's beam ends, rudderless; laid on one's back; done up, dead beat, exhausted, shattered, demoralized; graveled etc. (in difficulty) 704; helpless, unfriended^†, fatherless; without a leg to stand on, hors de combat [Fr.], laid on the shelf.    null and void, nugatory, inoperative, good for nothing; ineffectual etc. (failing) 732; inadequate etc. 640; inefficacious etc. (useless) 645.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 59: disorderly, orderless; out of order, out of place, out of gear; irregular, desultory; anomalous etc. (unconformable) 83; acephalous^†, deranged; aimless; disorganized; straggling; unmethodical, immethodical^†; unsymmetric^†, unsystematic; untidy, slovenly; dislocated; out of sorts; promiscuous, indiscriminate; chaotic, anarchical; unarranged etc. (arrange) etc. 60; confused; deranged etc. 61; topsy-turvy etc. (inverted) 218; shapeless etc. 241; disjointed, out of joint.    troublous^†; riotous etc. (violent) 173.    complex etc. 59.1. ... meer laten zien