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unencumbering

unencumbering is the present participle and gerund of unencumber.

Meaning of unencumber

Verb

unencumber (third-person singular simple present unencumbers, present participle unencumbering, simple past and past participle unencumbered)

  1. (transitive) To free from incumbrance.
  2. (transitive) To remove a burden, load or charge from.

Adjective

unencumbering (comparative more unencumbering, superlative most unencumbering)

  1. That does not encumber.

Forms of unencumbering

comparativemore unencumbering
superlativemost unencumbering

Questions about unencumbering

What does unencumbering mean?
Unencumbering means that does not encumber.
What is unencumbering the present participle and gerund of?
Unencumbering is the present participle and gerund of unencumber.
What part of speech is unencumbering?
Unencumbering is an adjective.

Words near unencumbering in the dictionary

  1. unencumber
  2. unencumberable
  3. unencumbered
  4. unencumberedly
  5. unencumberedness
  6. unencumbering
  7. unencumbers
  8. unencumbrance
  9. unencyclopaedic
  10. unencyclopedic
  11. unencysted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unencumbering (page history and authors); unencumber (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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