unalienated

adjective

un·​alien·​at·​ed ˌən-ˈāl-yə-ˌnā-təd How to pronounce unalienated (audio)
-ˈā-lē-ə-
: not alienated: such as
a
law : not conveyed or transferred to another
unalienated land
b
: not caused to be estranged, hostile, or disengaged
her unalienated relatives
an unalienated workforce

Examples of unalienated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Unlike the brilliant foreign visitors and the bitter domestic scourges, Chesterton was actually and simultaneously a democrat, a republican, an egalitarian, and a serious philosophical Christian: an undivided, unalienated self. M. D. Aeschliman, National Review, 8 Aug. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1798, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unalienated was in 1798

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“Unalienated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unalienated. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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