unhindered
adjective
un·hin·dered
ˌən-ˈhin-dərd 
: not restrained or held back : not hindered
… she must beg that I would allow her to proceed unhindered.—
Wilkie Collins
Wilkie CollinsIts million-plus residents go about their business unhindered by military checkpoints …—William Finnegan
William FinneganExamples of unhindered in a Sentence
in the absence of appropriate oversight, the unhindered deforestation of the region continues
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In particular, MeerKAT was able to detect galaxies in the Zone of Avoidance because radio waves from their hydrogen gas can pass through our Milky Way's dust lanes relatively unhindered.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 May 2026
Conventional intuition suggests that the most efficient way to accelerate a chemical reaction is to give reactants unhindered access to a highly active catalyst.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
To give all voters the chance to find someone who can do the job unhindered by scandal, both need to go.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
These were all passion projects, unhindered by any attempt at crowd-pleasing; all were the work of confident men with their own paths to follow.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 May 2026
Conventional intuition suggests that the most efficient way to accelerate a chemical reaction is to give reactants unhindered access to a highly active catalyst.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
To give all voters the chance to find someone who can do the job unhindered by scandal, both need to go.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
These were all passion projects, unhindered by any attempt at crowd-pleasing; all were the work of confident men with their own paths to follow.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Unhindered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhindered. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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