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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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 Gisele vacationed in the area not too long ago, and kitesurfers speak of the Lençóis, which has consistent offshore breezes, as an untrammeled Shangri-La. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024 The hinterland one sees from the Rovos Rail, of Zambia and Botswana, of Namibia and Tanzania, is the true, largely untrammeled face of the region. Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2024 This is the Lost Coast Trail, one of the last secluded and most untrammeled places in a state of development dreams. Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 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 18 Dec. 2024.

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