unencumbered
English
Etymology
un- + encumbered
Pronunciation
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Adjective
unencumbered (comparative more unencumbered, superlative most unencumbered)
- Not burdened with worries, cares or responsibilities.
- Free of encumbrance.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/3”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
- That large room had always awed Ivor: even as a child he had never wanted to play in it, for all that it was so limitless, the parquet floor so vast and shiny and unencumbered, the windows so wide and light with the fairy expanse of Kensington Gardens.
- (of property) Not subject to any claims.
Translations
not burdened with worries, cares or responsibilities
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free of encumbrance
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of property, not subject to any claims
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