unimpeded

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adjective

Free from obstructions.

“Please allow unimpeded access to the fire escape.”

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveunimpeded (comparative more unimpeded, superlative most unimpeded)

comparative more unimpeded · superlative most unimpeded

  1. Free from obstructions.

    Please allow unimpeded access to the fire escape.

    1 more example

    As the final whistle sounded, hordes of Russian fans ran unimpeded, and seemingly without any serious police presence or any barrier to stop them, towards England supporters gathered in their section of the stand.

    2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot slowed or prevented

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. Englishimpeded
  9. Englishunimpeded

From un- + impeded.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian безпрепя́тствен
  • безпрепя́тствен (bezprepjátstven)free from obstructions
Dutch ongehinderd
  • ongehinderdfree from obstructions
French sans entrave, sans encombre
  • sans entravefree from obstructions
  • sans encombrefree from obstructions
Greek απαρεμπόδιστος
  • απαρεμπόδιστος (aparempódistos)free from obstructions
Latin expedītus
  • expedītusfree from obstructions
Māori whakaango
  • whakaangofree from obstructions
Romanian neîmpiedicat, neobstrucționat
  • neîmpiedicatfree from obstructions
  • neobstrucționatfree from obstructions
  • fără piedicifree from obstructions
  • nestingheritfree from obstructions
Russian беспрепя́тственный
  • беспрепя́тственный (besprepjátstvennyj)free from obstructions
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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