un·emancipated \“+\adjective : not emancipated : not freed: a.: held in the power of another; specifically: held in slavery or bondage < unemancipated serfs > b.: subject to the paternal power < an unemancipated minor child — E.B.Denny > c.: bound by or adhering to accepted mores implying or entailing subservience or restraints < the unemancipated woman >