untrammelledadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈtramld/, U.S. /ˌənˈtræm(ə)ld/ (un- prefix1 2) In common use from c1850.
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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
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Untrammeled, not caught in a trammel.]
1795 R. Anderson Life Samuel Johnson 201 He..has adopted all the good sense of Aristotle, untrammelled by his forms.
1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. (ed. 3) I. 1 Through the history of thought, how difficult it has been to keep the scientific attitude untrammelled.
1888 C. Oman Hist. Greece (1901) xvi. 161 No previous constitution..had given the..citizens such untrammelled power to sway the state.
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adj.1795