cumber
verb (used with object)
to hinder; hamper.
uncumbered
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a word derived from
cumber.
Example Sentences
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These human cries pierce farther than we know; These human souls may ride into the sun; We cannot claim his broad, uncumbered breast, To the exclusion of the rest of earth.
From Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation by Hiram Hoyt Richmond
Here is the floor of a new wood, yet uncumbered by one year's autumn fall.
From Letters from America by Rupert Brooke
Mistress Yordas, as she was more correctly styled by usage of the period, was a maiden lady of fine presence, uncumbered as yet by weight of years, and only dignified thereby.
From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Seen him I have, but in his happier hour Of social pleasure, ill exchanged for power; Seen him, uncumbered with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without a bribe.
From English Satires by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton
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
