cumber
verb (used with object)
to hinder; hamper.
uncumbered
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a word derived from
cumber.
Example Sentences
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For there, where justice holds uncumbered sway, There each enjoys his heritage secure, And over every house and every throne Law, truth, and order keep their angel watch.
From Demetrius by Friedrich Schiller
Here is the floor of a new wood, yet uncumbered by one year's autumn fall.
From Letters from America by Rupert Brooke
At this time it was covered by a fair, open walnut-wood, uncumbered with bush or undergrowth.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by John Rudd
It was primitive man, riding between the highlands, uncumbered, free to grasp what was before him.
From Lazarre by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Said his enemy, Pope,— "Seen him I have, but in his happier hour Of social pleasure—ill exchanged for power; Seen him, uncumbered by the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without a bribe."
From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by John Lord
