unencumbered
adjective
un·en·cum·bered
ˌən-in-ˈkəm-bərd 
: free of encumbrance
unencumbered property
felt unencumbered by responsibilities while on vacation
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Adults may construe a child’s life as unencumbered, but kids actually have very little control over what happens to them.
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
There was hardly any stack destruction at all, as Steven and Sage both seemed to cruise through the challenge pretty unencumbered.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
Air Riders is unencumbered by that, able to break racing game conventions and throw all sorts of madness at the screen.
—Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
Stripped to their symbolic essence, the erotics of Frankenstein are about the body as meat, electrified by carnal pleasure and unencumbered by the soul.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
There was hardly any stack destruction at all, as Steven and Sage both seemed to cruise through the challenge pretty unencumbered.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
Air Riders is unencumbered by that, able to break racing game conventions and throw all sorts of madness at the screen.
—Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025
Stripped to their symbolic essence, the erotics of Frankenstein are about the body as meat, electrified by carnal pleasure and unencumbered by the soul.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Unencumbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unencumbered. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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