adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Not beholden; not obliged or bound by duty or expectations. not-comparable

   "Ever creative and unbeholden to tradition, American craft brewers have made the brown-ale style their own."

2. 2
   Unseen. not-comparable, obsolete

Adjective

1. 1
   free of moral obligation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

unobligated

Example

More examples

"Ever creative and unbeholden to tradition, American craft brewers have made the brown-ale style their own."

Etymology

From Middle English unbehealden, equivalent to un- + beholden.

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