unhobble

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verb

To remove hobbles from (a horse).

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Meanings

verbunhobble (third-person singular simple present unhobbles, present participle unhobbling, simple past and past participle unhobbled)

present singular third person unhobbles · participle present unhobbling · participle past unhobbled · past unhobbled

  1. transitiveTo remove hobbles from (a horse).
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo unhinder, remove obstacles.

    (It also highlights the central role of algorithmic progress: the ~0.5 OOMs/year of compute efficiencies, already significant, are only part of the story, and put together with unhobbling algorithmic progress overall is maybe even a majority of the gains on the current trend.)

    2024, Leopold Aschenbrenner, Situational Awareness, page 32

Origin

From un- + hobble.

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APA

unhobble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhobble

MLA

“unhobble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhobble. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unhobble,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhobble.

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