untrammeled
Americanadjective
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without restraint or impediment; unhindered.
The sermon called out reckless and untrammeled greed as the most serious spiritual problem in the country.
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not developed; untouched.
Whether in urban pocket parks or distant untrammeled wilderness, being active outdoors restores and recharges us.
Etymology
Origin of untrammeled
un- 1 ( def. ) + trammeled
Example Sentences
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The vistas and pristine forests of the sugar-maple trees have remained “largely unchanged” and “untrammeled” for centuries.
Shea said he found civil servants’ untrammeled advice useful when he was a presidential appointee.
From Los Angeles Times
Quick with a joke — or a jab — he proved irresistible to innumerable reporters, and millions of voters, who devoured his untrammeled style of slash-and-burn rhetoric.
From New York Times
Black Tomato is planning private group treks to untrammeled destinations like the Mitre Peninsula in Argentina’s Patagonia region, priced at more than $60,000 per person.
From New York Times
This has often borne the banner of “health freedom,” the idea being that individuals should have the untrammeled right to decide for themselves what to put or not put in their bodies.
From Los Angeles Times
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