Unfettered
/ʌnˈfɛtəd/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of unfetter form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Not bound by chains or shackles.
"Near-synonyms: unmanacled, unhandcuffed"
- 2 Not restricted. broadly
"I envy not the beast that takes His license in the field of time, Unfetter’d by the sense of crime, To whom a conscience never wakes; […]"
Adjective
- 1 not bound by shackles and chains wordnet
Example
More examples"This unfettered power goes against democracy."
Etymology
From un- + fettered.