untrammeled

adjective

un·​tram·​meled ˌən-ˈtra-məld How to pronounce untrammeled (audio)
variants US untrammeled or British untrammelled
: not confined, limited, or impeded
untrammeled greed/arrogance
the untrammeled free market
Since the later 1990s, when the first news sites were introduced on the Internet, most papers have offered untrammeled access to them.Michael Massing
She looks back with amazement at the untrammeled single life she enjoyed not so long ago.Paul Gray

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These are landscapes without the operatic vistas and ostensibly untrammeled serenity of Bierstadt. Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025 The son of two sociology professors, Tsushima grew unnerved by Willis Law’s untrammeled prowess in court. Mya Frazier, Harper's Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024 Liberal internationalism appears to be on the ropes today, pummeled by populists who reject globalization, nationalists who demand untrammeled sovereignty, and geopolitical rivals (led by China) who peddle competing global models. Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2020 Blink Twice nods at a tangle of different contemporary ailments: lifestyle fetishism, wellness hedonism, our obscene fealty to stolid tech bros and their untrammeled wealth. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for untrammeled 

Word History

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of untrammeled was in 1795

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“Untrammeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untrammeled. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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