单词 | unencumbered |
释义 | unencumberedadj. (un- prefix1 2.) a. In pred. use and const. with or by. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > not hindering or encumbering > not hindered or encumbered freeeOE unletted?a1425 unimpeachedc1430 frank1481 nearc1520 untangled1539 unclogged1548 uncumbered1551 unprevented1572 cumberless1581 unentangleda1586 undebarred1595 unstayed1600 disencumbered1611 unhindered1615 unretarded1615 unstopped1621 unobstructed1648 unengaged1653 extricated1657 unbeclogged1674 unhampered1702 unembarrassed1708 unencumbered1722 unstemmed1732 disembarrassed1741 unstifled1742 unimpeded1760 smooth1792 untrammelled1795 unintercepted1814 unmired1834 frictionless1848 unsmothereda1849 unbalked1888 unlocked1890 α. β. 1727 J. Thomson Britannia 208 Unencumber'd with the Bulk immense Of Conquest.1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. x. 267 His address was gallant, free, and unencumbered either by pride or ceremony.1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. iv. 91 His small legs, unencumbered by any other drapery than his black silk stockings.1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 22 Such People as were unincumbred with Trades and Business. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Hist. India 13/2 His forces now consisting of light horse only, unincumbered by artillery or heavy baggage. 1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) iv. 117 He is unincumbered by any restrictions. b. Without const., in predicative or attributive use. ΚΠ c1725 W. Somerville Martial's Epigr. xlvii. 6 An estate,..unincumber'd left, and free from debt. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 22 Heav'n's easy, artless, unincumber'd plan. 1818 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 235 This seems a very spirited, unincumbered way of passing through life. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvi. 188 My first impulse was to move..with an unencumbered party. 1884 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 25 581 Jeffery was the unencumbered lessee..of all the other plots. Derivatives unenˈcumberedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > absence of hindrance or encumbrance clearnessa1616 freedom1705 disencumbrance1712 disembarrassment1818 unencumberedness1891 1891 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 182/2 To step jauntily along in airy unencumberedness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1722 |
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