untrammeled

adjective

un·​tram·​meled ˌən-ˈtra-məld 

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

Examples of untrammeled in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Despite his qualms, Trump was unable to counter the concerted drive by public-health officials to impose social restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as closing the schools—surely one of the most glaring exercises in untrammeled bureaucratic power in this country’s history. —Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

One of them, Christopher Caldwell, is an advocate for untrammeled majoritarianism. —Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018

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

Word History

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for untrammeled

• enameled
• enamelled
• untrammelled