unconstrain

U1N1C3O1N1S1T1R1A1I1N1

verb

To free from constraints.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verbunconstrain (third-person singular simple present unconstrains, present participle unconstraining, simple past and past participle unconstrained)

present singular third person unconstrains · participle present unconstraining · participle past unconstrained · past unconstrained

  1. transitiveTo free from constraints.

    “When you have a constrained transmission system and you seek to unconstrain it,” said Mary Ellen Paravalos, the vice president for transmission at National Grid, a New York and New England company, some local parties stand to lose.

    2009 July 14, Matthew L. Wald, “Debate on Clean Energy Leads to Regional Divide”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  11. Proto-Italic*kom
  12. Proto-Italic*kom-
  13. Latincōn-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*strinégti
  16. Proto-Italic*stringō
  17. Proto-Indo-European*strengʰ-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*stréngʰeti
  19. Proto-Italic*strengō
  20. Latinstringō
  21. Latincōnstringō
  22. Old Frenchconstreindre
  23. Middle Englishconstreinen
  24. Englishconstrain
  25. Englishunconstrain

From un- + constrain.

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APA

unconstrain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconstrain

MLA

“unconstrain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconstrain. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unconstrain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconstrain.

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