undetained
- adjective
- /ˌʌndɪˈteɪnd/
- Despite being a suspect, he was undetained throughout the legal proceedings.
Examples
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She was allowed to stay undetained while the investigation continued.
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The witness remained undetained after giving his statement to the police.
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She was undetained after the questioning.
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The police confirmed he is undetained.
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After the investigation, he was declared undetained and allowed to leave the police station.
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Being undetained after the court hearing, she quickly left the building to meet her friends.
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The officers confirmed that the suspect was undetained and free to go home.
Synonyms
Not interrupted or bothered so things stay the same
Left alone and not harmed or disturbed
Free to move forward without being stopped
Not held in prison or jail
Free to move or act without being stopped
Allowed to move or operate as usual
Continuing without a break because nothing blocks it
Not kept under control and without limits
Not held back and showing strong feelings or energy
Not caught by the police after a crime
Free and not locked up in a prison
Antonyms
How Free
Surface Forms
Morphology
undetained = detained (transparent) = un + detain + ed
A straightforward negation by 'un-' applied to the participial adjective 'detained', yielding 'not detained'.
Etymology
Undetained is made of un- and detained, where un- means 'not' and detained means 'to hold' or 'to stop'. So undetained describes someone who is 'not held' and free to go or continue.