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Definition of unbeholden in English: unbeholdenadjectiveʌnbɪˈhəʊld(ə)n formal Owing no one any duty or thanks; free of any obligation. Example sentencesExamples - As a minister and educator to the hill farmers of north Alabama, Pickens was unbeholden to Bourbon patronage, and he was soon to wield his own printing press.
- It was an agenda that left him unbeholden to the political left or the right.
- Within weeks of Elián's arrival in Florida, cyberspace was hosting myriad Eliáns on sites unbeholden to Cuban-U.S. antagonisms.
- Only Asta, the child he brings up, can pierce his rebatative soul, but she wishes to live unbeholden to him.
- Jeunet, who returned to France after an unsatisfying Hollywood stint on Alien: Resurrection, felt nostalgic himself for a golden age of French cinema unbeholden to the American movie juggernaut.
- A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts.
- So what would provoke an exceedingly individualistic, sufficiently unbeholden band to pledge such slavish devotion to a classic rock titan?
- Your editorial today is a nicely written spray, which makes good use of your unbeholden position - a very timely contrast to The Age!
- No props or assistance from outside myself: pure, intrinsic, unbeholden.
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