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unhandcuffed

unhandcuffed

1 6.0
Not wearing handcuffs
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈhændˌkʌft/
: sin esposas
  • He was brought into the courtroom unhandcuffed, showing the judge he was not a threat.

Examples

  • The police allowed the unhandcuffed witness to leave the station after questioning.

  • Unlike the other suspects, she remained unhandcuffed during the entire interview.

  • The suspect was finally unhandcuffed after the interrogation.

  • After hours of questioning, he felt relieved to be unhandcuffed.

  • The suspect was released from custody and left the station unhandcuffed.

  • After the interrogation, the officers allowed him to leave unhandcuffed.

  • The prisoner walked freely out of the courtroom unhandcuffed.

How Restrained

shackled
18 7.0
unhandcuffed
1 6.0
free
152 1.0

Surface Forms

unhandcuffed positive

Morphology

unhandcuffed = handcuffed (transparent) = un + hand + cuff + ed

The meaning is a straightforward negation of 'handcuffed', which itself is transparently built from 'hand' + 'cuff' + '-ed'.

Etymology

Unhandcuffed is made from un- meaning 'not' and handcuff (from hand + cuff, a band for the wrist), so it literally means 'not wearing handcuffs' and describes someone without those metal bands on their wrists.