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adjective

Definition of unfetterednext
as in unleashed

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verb

past tense of unfetter
as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) authorities eventually unfettered the menagerie of wild animals that had been kept illegally as pets

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Recent Examples of unfettered
Adjective
Such a system will work for everyone, not just the countries that have unfettered access to the Strait of Hormuz thanks to geography. — Dina Esfandiary, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026 Advertisers, who often redirect marketing dollars away from platforms where their support might become controversial, became wary of the entrepreneur’s unfettered musings on politics and culture. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 DeSantis was among the first in his party to criticize unfettered use of artificial intelligence. — Liv Caputo, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026 By contrast, SpaceX is expected to have unfettered access to about 125,000 acres in southern Louisiana, in an area generally referred to as Pecan Island. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unfettered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfettered
  1. unleashed
  2. freed
  3. escaped
  4. liberated
  5. unchained
  6. released
  7. uncaged
  8. rescued
Adjective
  • More than 1,000 people are dead and nearly 4,000 missing after a Himalayan glacial collapse unleashed catastrophic floods across the Nepal-China border, obliterating roads, towns and hydropower projects.
    — Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The film tells the story of a biological weapon being unleashed inside a Seoul skyscraper that turns the people trapped inside the building into a deadly zombie hive mind.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of unleashed
Verb
  • Put differently, blindness, two-handedness, and the continuous line are restraints that freed Nauman from the habits of description.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The team uses the time freed up by technology to understand their clients better.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of freed
Adjective
  • But these stats reflect firefighting progress at this stage rather than an escaped blaze, the department's public affairs officer Tiffany Davilla explained.
    — Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Indiana State Police said that an escaped prisoner in Northwest Indiana has been captured.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of escaped
Verb
  • As a young medic in the US, Soldner saw those drawings when his division liberated the camp.
    — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Chad Tracy is an attention-to-detail kind of guy, which helps explain why the Boston Red Sox liberated him from Triple-A obscurity in April to be their interim manager after Alex Cora was let go.
    — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of liberated
Adjective
  • There is a minute’s ovation for Keegan, who was chief operations officer and then manager at Craven Cottage in the late 1990s, there is an unchained melody of bedlam, the creation of chaos and there are a lot of c***s.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Often the raconteur side is too unchained.
    — Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 25 May 2026
Definition of unchained
Verb
  • The voyage produced a 24 percent reduction in fuel consumption, according to measurements released by the maritime energy company.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
  • After being sedated, the bobcat was later released near Forbes Creek, close to the natural habitat where it was found, police said.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of released
Adjective
  • When the urge strikes him, Sam’s uncaged anger leads him to do horrible things.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of uncaged
Verb
  • Schiano rescued the program from irrelevance, but modest respectability might be all Rutgers can afford this season — if that.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Images of the man and woman being rescued were posted by Nepal’s Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers on Saturday, confirming the rescues.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of rescued

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“Unfettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfettered. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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