unfree

[uhn-free]

adjective

1. lacking liberty or freedom; under bondage or authoritarian rule; not having any personal choice.

2. not free of charge; costing something.

Example Sentences

The complex story of unfree Black people’s contribution begins in 1803, as France was trying to quell an uprising among the enslaved peoples of Haiti.

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With her long, frizzy hair, musicality and earth-mother vibe, Ms. King fit in, though she was comparatively unfree, being “a single mother when most of the women around her were not.”

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The myth of a free man in an unfree society.

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What does liberty mean and how can it be lived in an unfree world?

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Until July 28, the country was authoritarian with a patina of democracy, holding periodic unfree, unfair elections.

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