unhinderedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈhɪndəd/, U.S. /ˌənˈhɪndərd/ (un- prefix1 2. Cf. Middle Dutch ongehindert, ongehendert (Dutch ongehinderd), Middle High German (Middle Low German, German) ungehindert, Middle Swedish ohindraþer, ohindrat, etc. (Swedish ohindrad), Middle Danish (Danish) uhindret.)
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > not hindering or encumbering > not hindered or encumbered
freeeOE
unletted?a1425
unimpeachedc1430
frank1481
nearc1520
untangled1539
unclogged1548
uncumbered1551
unprevented1572
cumberless1581
unentangleda1586
undebarred1595
unstayed1600
disencumbered1611
unhindered1615
unretarded1615
unstopped1621
unobstructed1648
unengaged1653
extricated1657
unbeclogged1674
unhampered1702
unembarrassed1708
unencumbered1722
unstemmed1732
disembarrassed1741
unstifled1742
unimpeded1760
smooth1792
untrammelled1795
unintercepted1814
unmired1834
frictionless1848
unsmothereda1849
unbalked1888
unlocked1890
1615 T. Adams Blacke Devill 30 The vnhindred force of the wind.
1706 S. Clarke Disc. Nat. Relig. 172 Virtue,..with all its full Effects and Consequences unhindred.
1839 Dearden's Misc. May 309 Flowing in one full unhindered stream.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. 361 The unhindered service of the state of glory.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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