🔒 Not freed 🧘 Not spiritually free

unliberated

1 7.1

A place that an enemy still controls

adjective
/ˌʌnˈlɪbəˌreɪtɪd/

: no liberado

The strict guidelines imposed by the regime left the citizens feeling unliberated and oppressed.

Examples

Next you'll be saying that the pre-Stonewall characters from "The Boys in the Band" were "unliberated."

Blog text (17)
Your reaction to George's suggestion is basically identical with that of an unliberated woman.

Night Call Nurses (1972)
It has been argued that women in Turkey were "emancipated but unliberated" (n1) in the aftermath of the reforms initiated by the founding fathers of the Republic.

Academic text (2000)
Many people feel that traditional roles leave women feeling unliberated and restricted in their choices.
In an unliberated society, individuals often struggle to express their true feelings and opinions.

Synonyms

unfree

vsunliberated

2 6.1

Not free because someone else controls your life or choices

is stronger and includes oppression rather than only restriction

unemancipated

vsunliberated

1 9.1

A person who is still under another person's legal control, for example a child

focuses on oppression and broader restriction rather than just being under control

Antonyms

liberated

7 4.9

Free from traditional social rules in behavior and personal relationships

How Free

liberated

7 4.9

free

152 1.0

restricted

149 3.9

unliberated

1 7.1

oppressed

25 4.7

Surface Forms

unliberated positive

Morphology

unliberated = liberated (transparent) = un + liberate + ed

Formed by applying the productive negation prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'liberated' (liberate + -ed), giving the straightforward meaning 'not freed'.

Etymology

Unliberated breaks into un- 'not' and liberate 'to free', the same root you see in liberty. So, it means 'not free', which fits people or places still under control or restriction.