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laden

[leyd-n]
adjective
  1. burdened; loaded down.
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verb (used with object)
  1. to lade.
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Origin of laden

First recorded in 1585–95; lade + -en3, -en1
Related formsun·lad·en, adjective
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Examples from the Web for unladen

Historical Examples of unladen

  • The door-sill of the home is the wharf where heavy life is unladen.

    The Wedding Ring

    T. De Witt Talmage

  • Then the wearied beasts were unladen, fires were lighted, and a meal cooked.

  • He first ordered the camels to be unladen, and the tents to be pitched.

    The Boy Slaves

    Mayne Reid

  • The canoes had been well secured to trunks of trees, though not unladen.

    In the Wilds of Africa

    W.H.G. Kingston

  • There are no customs house officers to examine the cargoes that are unladen.

British Dictionary definitions for unladen

laden

verb
  1. a past participle of lade 1
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adjective
  1. weighed down with a load; loaded
  2. encumbered; burdened
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Word Origin and History for unladen

adj.

1802, from unlade, Old English onhladen; see un- (1) "not" + laden.

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laden

adj.

"loaded, weighted down," 1590s, from the original past participle of lade.

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