unencumbered

adjective

un·​en·​cum·​bered ˌən-in-ˈkəm-bərd How to pronounce unencumbered (audio)
: free of encumbrance

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Trump, now unencumbered by Tillerson and Mattis, is enacting a zero-sum logic in which one country’s gain is another’s loss. Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025 And so, SailGP was born, unencumbered by tradition and complications. Andrew Rice, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025 These sanctuaries, like Newark, are communities where immigrants and the children of immigrants can live unencumbered by constant fear of persecution and deportation. Annell López, Time, 12 May 2025 But the dream of a relationship unencumbered by reality is a dream of a poem unencumbered by prose. Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for unencumbered

Word History

First Known Use

1722, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unencumbered was in 1722

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“Unencumbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unencumbered. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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