untrammeled

[ uhn-tram-uhld ]

adjective

1. without restraint or impediment; unhindered:

   The sermon called out reckless and untrammeled greed as the most serious spiritual problem in the country.

2. not developed; untouched:

   Whether in urban pocket parks or distant untrammeled wilderness, being active outdoors restores and recharges us.

Word History and Origins

Origin of untrammeled¹

un- ¹( def ) + trammeled

Example Sentences

Part of the problem, politicos say, is Rove charting an untrammeled path for a political consultant.

From The Daily Beast

A strange life had been hers, and it had left her like some beautiful, untamed, wild bird—untrammeled by conventionalities.

From Project Gutenberg

Oxford I was determined to make my home; and also to bear my future course utterly untrammeled by promises that I might repent.

From Project Gutenberg

In her pose was a certain savage grace, an untrammeled freedom which revealed the vigorous outlines of a well-proportioned figure.

From Project Gutenberg

Untrammeled emotional expression no longer seemed an heroic necessity.

From Project Gutenberg

But she felt that, untrammeled, she would be able to make better pictures than she had made with 106 him.

From Project Gutenberg

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