Standard Lemma guide

unconditional

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AH2 N K AH0 N D IH1 SH AH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Absolute; without conditions, limitations, reservations or qualifications.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We demand your unconditional surrender.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: absolute, categorical

Antonyms: conditional

2

noun

Meaning 2

That which is not conditional.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A conditional-like structure expressing that the consequent holds true regardless of the particular value of the antecedent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

not conditional

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unconditional surrender

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unconditioned

Antonyms: conditional

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

not contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

not modified or restricted by reservations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a categorical denial
  • a flat refusal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: categoric, categorical, flat

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English conditional English unconditional From un- + conditional.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غَيْر مَشْرُوط (ḡayr mašrūṭ) — without conditions
  • Belarusian: безумоўны (bjezumówny) — without conditions
  • Belarusian: безагаворачны (bjezahavóračny) — without conditions
  • Bulgarian: безусловен (bezusloven) — without conditions
  • Catalan: incondicional — without conditions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無條件的 /无条件的 (wútiáojiàn de) — without conditions
  • Czech: bezpodmínečný — without conditions
  • Danish: ubetinget — without conditions
  • Danish: betingelsesløs — without conditions
  • Dutch: onvoorwaardelijk — without conditions
  • Esperanto: nekondiĉa — without conditions
  • Estonian: vastuvaidlematu — without conditions
  • Estonian: tingimusteta — without conditions
  • Finnish: ehdoton — without conditions
  • French: inconditionnel — without conditions
  • Galician: incondicional — without conditions
  • Georgian: უპირობო (uṗirobo) — without conditions
  • German: bedingungslos — without conditions
  • Greek: χωρίς όρους (chorís órous) — without conditions
  • Greek: άνευ όρων (ánev óron) — without conditions
  • Greek: ανεπιφύλακτος (anepifýlaktos) — without conditions
  • Hungarian: feltétel nélküli — without conditions
  • Hungarian: feltétlen — without conditions
  • Irish: gan choinníoll — without conditions
  • Irish: gan chuntar — without conditions
  • Irish: neamhchoinníollach — without conditions
  • Irish: gan chomhla — without conditions
  • Italian: incondizionato — without conditions
  • Japanese: 無条件の (mujōken no) — without conditions
  • Kazakh: сөзсіз (sözsız) — without conditions
  • Northern Kurdish: bêqeyd û şert — without conditions
  • Northern Kurdish: bêşert û merc — without conditions
  • Macedonian: безу́словен (bezúsloven) — without conditions
  • Māori: herekore — without conditions
  • Māori: korehere — without conditions
  • Persian: بی قید و شرط (bi qeyd o šart) — without conditions
  • Polish: bezwarunkowy — without conditions
  • Polish: bezwzględny — without conditions
  • Portuguese: incondicional — without conditions
  • Romanian: necondiționat — without conditions
  • Russian: безогово́рочный (bezogovóročnyj) — without conditions
  • Russian: безусло́вный (bezuslóvnyj) — without conditions
  • Spanish: incondicional — without conditions
  • Swedish: ovillkorlig — without conditions
  • Swedish: villkorslös — without conditions
  • Turkish: şartsız — without conditions
  • Turkish: koşulsuz — without conditions
  • Ukrainian: безумо́вний (bezumóvnyj) — without conditions
  • Ukrainian: беззастере́жний (bezzasteréžnyj) — without conditions
  • Vietnamese: không điều kiện — without conditions
Real reading context

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