unladen
- adjective
- /ʌnˈleɪdən/
- The bird flew unladen across the sky, enjoying the freedom that comes from not carrying any burdens.
Examples
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After the rain, the field was quiet and unladen, with only the sound of the wind blowing through the grass.
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We are driven, we common readers, to approach Job's story with tremulous palms held upward and unladen.
Academic text (1998) -
This is is it an unladen European swallow?
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That's an unladen swallow's flight, obviously.
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The concept car has an unladen weight of about 1,390 kg, including the large lithium-ion battery.
Blog text (28) -
In all the high school textbooks, it is said that science must be firmly rooted in experiment or observation, unladen with theoretical preconceptions.
Academic text (1994) -
The unladen cart rolled smoothly down the hill, free from the weight it usually carried.
Synonyms
Free from worries, duties, debts and other things that hold you back
An exercise performed without extra weight
Not carrying a weight or feeling heavy with worry
Antonyms
How Laden
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unladen is made of un- meaning 'not' and laden meaning 'loaded', the same idea as the everyday word load. So unladen means 'not carrying a load', which is why we use it for an empty truck or for someone who feels free from a burden.