undammed
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5.5
- adjective
- /ʌnˈdæmd/
:
sin represar
- And if allowed to go undammed, if allowed to rise to flood (typewriter and yellow first-draft paper), then what a writer is borrowing is trouble.
- undammed river
- last undammed
- longest undammed
The knowledge of what to do about damned rivers and undammed rivers, letting them throw freely, is a major new ecological thrust.
- The knowledge of what to do about damned rivers and undammed rivers, letting them throw freely, is a major new ecological thrust.
Examples
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The sight of chinook salmon spawning in an undammed river stands out in her memory as one of the wildest events she has ever seen.
Academic text (1997) -
A mighty but dowdy river back then, undammed, with visible shoals, sandbars, and mud islands.
Fiction book (1991) -
I love sex in the same way I love undammed rivers, the moon,
Fiction book (1997) -
A whole river of such frivolities may flow undammed.
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But in Alaska, where many rivers continue to flow undammed and human settlements are still dwarfed by the vast landscape, visitors can witness something resembling Harry Fisher's description of fish along the Queets a century ago.
Academic text (1997) -
As I said, the Missouri was undammed then, was a loosened and natural river, a naturally occurring, shoally, sloppy, weird thing, wet and wide, flat-surfaced, twisty with currents, big, unsafe.
Fiction book (1991) -
In an undammed river, Atlantic salmon and river herring can travel hundreds of miles to their destinations.
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The Yellowstone River is the longest undammed river in the lower 48 states.
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The sight of chinook salmon spawning in an undammed river stands out in her memory as one of the wildest events she has ever seen.
Synonyms
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4.9
Allowed to continue without control
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3.9
Not kept within limits, like a fire or a strong feeling
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6.1
Able to continue without being stopped
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8.3
Free and not limited by rules
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4.6
Free to move forward without being stopped
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5.3
Free to move or act without being stopped
Not blocked so water, air or traffic can move freely
Not closed with a cork or plug so liquid can run out
Free from something that holds you so you can move or act
Not blocked so air or traffic can move easily
Not kept under control and without limits
Antonyms
How Blocked
Surface Forms
Morphology
undammed = dammed (transparent) = un + dam + ed
Formed by regular prefixation: un- + 'dammed' (dam + -ed), yielding 'not blocked by a dam' which is literal and easily inferred by learners.
Etymology
Undammed comes from un- 'not' and dam 'a wall or barrier that stops water'. So an undammed river is 'not blocked by a dam', allowing water and wildlife to flow naturally.