unhemmedadj.
1. Unconfined, unrestrained.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective]
freeeOE
unneedc1175
easyc1200
untiedc1374
unhemmeda1400
largec1400
unrefraineda1500
rampanta1540
unmuzzleda1541
unyoked1573
yokeless1584
licensed1593
unbound1593
wild1599
broad1604
fetterless1604
unconfined1607
ungyved1607
ungaged?1617
unboundeda1625
unfettereda1631
vagabond1635
unmanacled1686
unrestricted1750
haggard-wild1786
unconstrained1796
unshackled1796
chainless1816
rioty1819
untethered1826
unwithholdena1834
bondless1845
fancy-loose1850
constraintless1865
unpressured1879
undammed1896
balls-to-the-wall1967
balls-out1968
a1400–50 Alexander 2835 For-þi hoo with þi hatness & þi vn-hemmyd wittes, Avale of þi vanyte.
2. Not furnished with a hem.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > stitched or sewn > other
hemmeda1500
unhemmed1561
darned1628
felled1809
mitred1809
through-stitched1863
tuck-stitched1922
1561 in Inuentaires de la Royne Descosse (Bannatyne Club) 24 Aucht serviottis of vnhemmit great lyning.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Inorlato,..vnhemmed.
1889 Daily News 13 July 3/3 The new little Redfern capes..with their triple row of unhemmed cloth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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- shallow-level
- shallow-minded
- shallow-mored
- shallow-pate
- shallow-pated
- shallow-read
- shallow-rooted
- shallow-rooting
- shallow-sea
- shallow-searching
- shallow-sighted
- shallow-soiled
- shallow-thoughted
- shallow-toothed
- shallow-waisted
- shallow-water
- shalloway
- shallowbay
- shallowbrained
- shallowbrains
- shallowconceited
- shallowdraught
- shallowebbed
- shallowed