Meanings
comparative more unhampered · superlative most unhampered
- 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 Spy1 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 VIIISynonyms: 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishhampered
- Englishunhampered
Translations
Bulgarian невъзпрепятстван
- невъзпрепятстван (nevăzprepjatstvan)not hampered
Latin expedītus
- expedītusnot hampered
Cite this entry
unhampered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhampered
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