unfree
Americanadjective
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lacking liberty or freedom; under bondage or authoritarian rule; not having any personal choice.
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not free of charge; costing something.
Example Sentences
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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.
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.”
The myth of a free man in an unfree society.
From Los Angeles Times
What does liberty mean and how can it be lived in an unfree world?
From Los Angeles Times
“For creative young people it’s a place they can come to find like-minded citizens and to get away from what’s happening in our country. It’s a little island of freedom in an unfree environment.”
From BBC
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