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unincumbered

unincumbered is the archaic form of unencumbered.

Meaning of unencumbered

Adjective

unencumbered (comparative more unencumbered, superlative most unencumbered)

  1. Not burdened with worries, cares or responsibilities.
    • This difference operates in favor of socialism, not only because speculation about general principles provides an opportunity for the play of the imagination of those who are unencumbered by much knowledge of the facts of present-day life […]1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 428
  2. Free of encumbrance.
    • Now he knew that something more than revenge had prompted Rokoff to pitch him overboard—the Russian had managed to obtain possession of the papers Tarzan had wrested from him at Bou Saada. The ape-man swore softly, and let his coat and shirt sink into the Atlantic. Before many hours he had divested...1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 117
  3. Not subject to any claims.
    • "You are wrong," replied Mrs. Courtenaye: "luxury is but a trifle—not so power and position. With an unencumbered estate, you take the first place in the county; you obtain the finest field for the exertion of your talents; and England has no distinction to which you may not reasonably aspire."1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Confession”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 142

Forms of unincumbered

comparativemore unincumbered
superlativemost unincumbered

Origin of unincumbered

From un- + incumbered.

Questions about unincumbered

What is unincumbered the archaic form of?
Unincumbered is the archaic form of unencumbered.

Words near unincumbered in the dictionary

  1. unincremented
  2. unincriminating
  3. unincrusted
  4. unincubated
  5. uninculcated
  6. unincumbered
  7. unindeared
  8. unindebted
  9. unindebtedness
  10. unindemnifiable
  11. unindemnified

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unincumbered (page history and authors); unencumbered (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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