uninhibited

[ uhn-in-hib-i-tid ]

adjective

1. not inhibited inhibit or restricted:

   uninhibited freedom to act.

2. not restrained by social convention or usage; unconstrained:

   an uninhibited discussion of the causes of divorce.

uninhibited

/ ˌʌnɪnˈhɪbɪtɪd /

adjective

1. lacking in inhibitions or restraint

Other Words From

• unin·hibit·ed·ly adverb
• unin·hibit·ed·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of uninhibited¹

First recorded in 1905–10; un- ¹ + inhibit + -ed ²

Example Sentences

It professed a “national commitment” to “uninhibited, robust, and wide-open” debate of public issues and made clear that the right to criticize government and its officials was at the core of the First Amendment’s protections.

From Washington Post

This version of her is her best, most uninhibited self, and I don’t want those experiences marred anytime soon by the impulse to record herself and share it.

From Outside Online

With scenes devoted to the everyday occurrences of their lives, the film is as much a food documentary as a nature one — an uninhibited and unprecedented glimpse into a vanishing world.

From Eater

The virus is just basically transmitting almost uninhibited through our population.

From Washington Post

The risk we calculated above is the kind of risk that a moderately uninhibited, non-socially distanced party would have.

From Quanta Magazine

He was not originally so uninhibited, however, as can now be seen in his “lost” novel, Skylight.

From The Daily Beast

Kids are incredibly uninhibited when they come to our shows, they dance and scream and sweat and act crazy.

From The Daily Beast

License to Ill by the Beastie Boys is another example of a record that is completely uninhibited.

From The Daily Beast

Truly uninhibited deniers use the numbers to show that there's no point in negotiations at all.

From The Daily Beast

The critics have something of a point: Israelis voraciously consume media that, for the most part, operates uninhibited.

From The Daily Beast

Other changes simply testify an authors attention to his style, uninhibited by the fact that the style is indeed not his.

From Project Gutenberg

Those sexual instincts which are inhibited in their aims have a great functional advantage over those which are uninhibited.

From Project Gutenberg

He grinned and that expression was a baring of teeth like a wolf's uninhibited snarl.

From Project Gutenberg

He is encouraged to talk in an uninhibited way about his concerns and feelings.

From Project Gutenberg

It happens within a few hours, even if they aren't uninhibited.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• candid
• relaxed
• spontaneous
• unbridled
• unrestrained
• unrestricted