unhampered

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adjective

Not hampered.

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Meanings

adjectiveunhampered (comparative more unhampered, superlative most unhampered)

comparative more unhampered · superlative most unhampered

  1. Not hampered.

    The bare arms and thighs and unhampered breasts of young American womanhood are brushing contentedly against him.

    1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy
    1 more example

    "The he won't depart," I replied, and approached still nearer. Rough and narrow ledges formed by nature gave access to the upper caves. A man might scale them if unhampered and unhindered, but to clamber upward in the face of a belligerent tribe of half-men and with a girl to assist was beyond my capability.

    1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot, Chapter VIII

    Synonyms: unencumbered, unimpeded, unqualified

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot hampered.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot slowed or blocked or interfered with

adjectivenot held in check or subject to control

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishhampered
  9. Englishunhampered

From un- + hampered.

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Translations

Bulgarian невъзпрепятстван
  • невъзпрепятстван (nevăzprepjatstvan)not hampered
Latin expedītus
  • expedītusnot hampered
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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