unencumbered

Examples

• All

• After years of hard work, she finally felt unencumbered and free to pursue her dreams.

• Nora: How have advances in technology helped or hindered our ability to have unencumbered travel experiences such as Francesco's?

  Blog text (33)

• Your body should be unencumbered when you speak.

  Academic text (2007)

• We can accomplish so much more unencumbered.

  Rocketship X-M (1950)

• At the core of an American's identity is that you are an autonomous, unencumbered individual.

  Blog text (15)

• And why, when she did attempt to deal with it, couldn't she find a free and unencumbered way to do so?

  Fiction book (1996)

• You show us a path to pursue the thing we love, unencumbered by stress, narrative, attachment.

• A life of passion, unencumbered by the trappings of the chaotic world around you.

  The Minimalists: Less Is Now (2021)

• Fashionably dressed in a white dress and high-heeled shoes, a young woman walks behind her quite unencumbered.

  Academic text (1997)

• He enjoyed an unencumbered weekend, free from any responsibilities or obligations.

Synonyms

U

unfettered

vsunencumbered

28 7.3

Free from limits or rules

centers on absence of burdens and obligations rather than only lack of limits

U

unrestrained

vsunencumbered

13 5.7

Not held back and showing strong feelings or actions

is about freedom from external burdens and responsibilities rather than emotional release

U

unobstructed

vsunencumbered

9 4.6

Not blocked so you can see or move through

instead centers on lack of worries duties and restrictions rather than physical openness

U

unbound

vsunencumbered

5 5.2

Not tied or held, able to move and act freely

concentrates on lack of burdens responsibilities or debts rather than mere untied state

U

unshackled

vsunencumbered

2 5.7

Free from chains or things that hold someone back

is about freedom from worries responsibilities and limits not only physical release

U

untrammeled

vsunencumbered

• Formal

2 8.3

Free and not limited by rules

emphasizes being free from worries and duties rather than only external limits

U

unhindered

vsunencumbered

1 4.6

Free to move forward without being stopped

focuses on being free from worries and duties rather than lack of physical hindrance

U

unburdened

vsunencumbered

1 5.5

Not having worries or responsibilities

also covers freedom from debts and formal restrictions beyond low stress

U

unhampered

vsunencumbered

1 5.3

Free to move or act without being stopped

highlights freedom from burdens and obligations rather than mere absence of interference

U

unhemmed

vsunencumbered

6.8

Free and not limited by rules or control

focuses on absence of burdens and duties rather than figurative looseness

U

unswaddled

vsunencumbered

9.0

Free from rules or limits that stop people from acting

highlights removal of duties worries and limits instead of losing protection

U

unharnessed

vsunencumbered

5.8

Energy that is not controlled or used

concerns freedom from burdens and obligations rather than lack of control or use

U

unharried

vsunencumbered

6.1

Calm and not rushed

means freedom from burdens responsibilities or limits rather than simple calmness

U

unstrained

vsunencumbered

4.9

Calm and not showing worry under pressure

refers to being free from obligations worries and restrictions rather than stress absence

Antonyms

E

encumbered

7.1

Not able to move easily because of heavy things or too many duties

How Free

liberated

4.9

free

∞ 1.0

unencumbered

8 6.8

encumbered

7.1

overburdened

1 5.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology