UNFREE Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

unfree

adjective

Definition of unfree

as in dependent

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Recent Examples of unfree There are many ways for a country to become unfree. — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026 Other places had other forms of unfree or bonded labor. — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026 Until a few years ago, millions of Iranians repeatedly voted in the country’s mostly unfree elections, hoping that regime insiders could pave a path for reform. — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026 His brother, god of hunting and tracking, is caught in the cruel paradox of parole — somehow still unfree and searching for liberty and purpose, yearning for the seeming escape of his own car on the open road, always in danger of being hunted down himself. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unfree

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Its revenue generation is largely dependent on programmatic ads that run on the website, which generally produce between $2,000 and $5,000 per day.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 26 Aug. 2026
In order to share Lee’s realm of experience, Clarke began to use heroin—inhaling, not injecting—and quickly became dependent on it.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of dependent

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Third Future School’s curriculum emphasizes helping students think critically, problem solve and apply learning across all subject areas.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
Science and math remain particularly difficult subject areas to staff, according to KCKPS.

— Sofi Zeman August 19, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026

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Burnout now consumes American physicians, who are overworked, nonautonomous and adrift without help.

— Aaron Rothstein, wsj.com, 3 Apr. 2023
The absence of access for nonautonomous conferences like the American Athletic Conference has also been a point of contention.

— Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 14 May 2021

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