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unhindered

adj · 3 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.

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N HH IH1 N D ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not hindered, slowed, blocked or hampered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Pertaining to a molecule where the reactive center is not blocked from chemical attack due to the surrounding uncreative substituents not preventing reactive agents accessing the reactive site.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

not slowed or blocked or interfered with

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an outlet for healthy and unhampered action
  • a priest unhampered by scruple
  • the new stock market was unhampered by tradition

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unhampered

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + hindered.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: бесперашко́дны (bjespjeraškódny) — not hindered or hampered
  • Danish: uhindret — not hindered or hampered
  • German: ungehindert — not hindered or hampered
  • Hindi: निर्विघ्न (nirvighna) — not hindered or hampered
  • Hindi: निर्बाध (nirbādh) — not hindered or hampered
  • Hungarian: akadálytalan — not hindered or hampered
  • Latin: expedītus — not hindered or hampered
  • Polish: nieograniczony — not hindered or hampered
  • Russian: беспрепя́тственный (besprepjátstvennyj) — not hindered or hampered
  • Swedish: obehindrad — not hindered or hampered
  • Tocharian B: etaṅkätte — not hindered or hampered
  • Ukrainian: безперешко́дний (bezpereškódnyj) — not hindered or hampered