Unencumbered
[ʌnin'kʌmbәd]
Definition
(adj.) free of encumbrance; 'inherited an unencumbered estate' .
(adj.) not burdened with cares or responsibilities; 'living an unencumbered life' .
Typist: Richard--From WordNet
Definition
adj. not encumbered esp. in law free from encumbrance by lien claim lease or charge of any kind.—v.t. Unencum′ber to disencumber.—n. Unencum′beredness.
Typist: Theodore
Examples
- My letter was as short as I could possibly make it, and was, I hope, unencumbered by needless apologies and needless details. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A fine unencumbered estate, real substance, good connections. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The lifting of the French danger left the colonists unencumbered to face their third common antagonist--the crown and government of their mother land. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their strength lay in the fact that they were unencumbered and downright. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Theodore