untrapped
- adjective
- /ʌnˈtræpt/
- The animal was untrapped, wandering through the forest without any barriers holding it back.
Examples
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The bird felt untrapped as it soared freely across the open sky.
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After years of being pressured to conform, she finally felt untrapped enough to pursue her own dreams.
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This behavior contrasts with the case of an untrapped, homogeneous gas, which enters a regime of critical fluctuations.
Academic text (1999) -
It was suggested that smoke nanoparticles bearing Cd break through the CFP, resulting in untrapped Cd.
Academic text (2018) -
My group created an output coupler in 1997 by using pulsed RF radiation to flip the spins of a fraction of the condensed atoms into an untrapped state that fell downward due to gravity.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
Not tied or held, able to move and act freely
Not tied to anything and able to move freely
Not limited or held back and able to act freely
Not held by chains and free to act or feel as you want
Free from chains or things that hold someone back
Free from ropes or chains and able to move
Free and not limited by rules
Free to move forward without being stopped
Free to express strong feelings and ideas
Free to move or act without being stopped
Not kept under control and without limits
Not held back and showing strong feelings or energy
Antonyms
How Free
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Untrapped is made of the part un- meaning 'not' and trapped, from trap meaning 'a device that catches' or 'to catch', like a snare that holds an animal. So untrapped means 'not caught' or free to move.