A refrigerator that has just been switched off.

on 23 Oct 2003:
[nq:1]Dear group, When I switch off my refrigerator, do I then have a switched off refrigerator? A switched-off refrigerator? Or ... my mother tongue). Or is one of them standard usage? Any help with this would be very much appreciated! :-)[/nq]
I've never seen a refrigerator with an on/off switch, so I think you ought to have to say that you've got an unplugged refrigerato

[nq:2]When I switch off my refrigerator, do I then have ... Any help with this would be very much appreciated! :-)[/nq]
[nq:1]I've never seen a refrigerator with an on/off switch, so I think you ought to have to say that you've got an unplugged refrigerator. Do the fridges in Germany have on/off switches, or do you turn them on by plugging them into a wall socket?[/nq]
Er.. I think we just

[nq:2]I've never seen a refrigerator with an on/off switch, so ... turn them on by plugging them into a wall socket?[/nq]
[nq:1]Er.. I think we just plug them into a wall socket, but the refrigerator is not really the point in ... however, this sounds awkward (to switch off -> switched off -> the switched off TV). Or is it only me?[/nq]
You can say "the switched-off TV", although it'

[nq:1]When I switch off my refrigerator, do I then have a switched off refrigerator? A switched-off refrigerator?[/nq]
Most copyeditors would go with . See:

a broken-down engine
a burned-out forest
a run-down engine
a turned-on hipster
a worn-out excuse
But:
a dugout canoe
a shakedown cruise
[nq:1]Or even an off-switched refrigerator?[/nq]
No, but s

on 23 Oct 2003:
[nq:2]I've never seen a refrigerator with an on/off switch, so ... turn them on by plugging them into a wall socket?[/nq]
[nq:1]Er.. I think we just plug them into a wall socket, but the refrigerator is not really the point in my question. Make that "TV", if you want.[/nq]
Okay, I will. The point about the fridge, though, is that it is either "on" or "unplugged".
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[nq:1]When I switch off my refrigerator, do I then have a switched off refrigerator? A switched-off refrigerator?[/nq]
Most copyeditors would go with . See:

a broken-down engine
a burned-out forest
a cast-off* cloak
a cocked-up beaver
a mucked-up defense
a run-down** engine
a tuned-in radio
a turned-off audience
a turned-on hipster
a worn-out excuse

On 23 Oct 2003 11:08:49 GMT, CyberCypher
[nq:1]on 23 Oct 2003:[/nq]
[nq:2]Dear group, When I switch off my refrigerator, do I ... Any help with this would be very much appreciated! :-)[/nq]
[nq:1]I've never seen a refrigerator with an on/off switch, so I think you ought to have to say that you've got an unplugged refrigerator. Do the fridges in Germany have on/off switches, or do you t

[nq:2]I've never seen a refrigerator with an on/off switch, so ... turn them on by plugging them into a wall socket?[/nq]
[nq:1]My refrigerator (about 15 years old) has a **** inside marked 0 to 5, providing various levels of cooling. At 0 there is an audible click and it turns the fridge off.[/nq]
Yes, and it might be of interest that you (as would I) say "turns the fridge off" instead of

[nq:1]An "off-switched TV" is highly unlikely.[/nq]
In fact it sounds like a word-order-mistake that easily by a German-native-speaking English-learner might be made.

(So to speak.)

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[nq:1]on 23 Oct 2003:[/nq]
[nq:2]Er.. I think we just plug them into a wall ... point in my question. Make that "TV", if you want.[/nq]
[nq:1]Okay, I will. The point about the fridge, though, is that it is either "on" or "unplugged".[/nq]
I've used at least one fridge where the extreme setting on the warm end of the thermostat dial was labeled "OFF". Why such a setting would be conside