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untrammeled

untrammeled adjective: not limited or restricted; unrestrained; limitless.

Adjective

untrammeled (comparative more untrammeled, superlative most untrammeled)

  1. Not limited or restricted; unrestrained; limitless.
    • The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 32, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
    • She would follow, her dream of love, the dictates of her heart that told her he was her all in all, the only man in all the world for her for love was the master guide. Nothing else mattered. Come what might she would be wild, untrammelled, free.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Chapter 13: Nausicaa, lines 670-3, Vintage Books (Gabler Edition)

Examples of untrammeled in a sentence

  • A system of untrammeled discretion exists when there are no limits on what officials may consider in reaching a decision [..]1998, Cass R. Sunstein, Legal Reasoning and Political Conflict, page 21:
  • They wanted untrammeled nature, and they found it in every direction they walked.2023 May 1, David Segal, “In Transylvania, Anyone With $200 Can Live Like a King. (Well, One Specific King.)”, in The New York Times:

Forms of untrammeled

comparativemore untrammeled
superlativemost untrammeled
alternative formuntrammelled

Origin of untrammeled

From trammel (“fishing net; shackle”), from Old French tramail (“net for catching fishes”), from Late Latin tremaculum.

Words formed from untrammeled

Questions about untrammeled

What does untrammeled mean?
Untrammeled means not limited or restricted; unrestrained; limitless.
How do you use untrammeled in a sentence?
A system of untrammeled discretion exists when there are no limits on what officials may consider in reaching a decision [..]
What part of speech is untrammeled?
Untrammeled is an adjective.

Words near untrammeled in the dictionary

  1. untraining
  2. untrains
  3. untraitorous
  4. untrammed
  5. untrammel
  6. untrammeled
  7. untrammeledness
  8. untrammeling
  9. untrammelled
  10. untrammelling
  11. untrammels

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