Meanings
adjectiveunindentured (not comparable)
- not comparableNot indentured
[…] for 15 years Miss Lulu Bett, a stereotypical spinster and poor relation, has been slaving in her married sister's home as an unindentured cook and housemaid.
1988 February 5, Lawrence Bommer, “Miss Lulu Bett”, in Chicago Reader
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishindentured
- Englishunindentured
From un- + indentured.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
unindentured. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unindentured
MLA
“unindentured.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unindentured. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unindentured,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unindentured.
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