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UNHAMPERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unhampered mean? 

UNHAMPERED (adjective)
  The adjective UNHAMPERED has 2 senses:

1. not slowed or blocked or interfered withplay

2. not held in check or subject to controlplay

  Familiarity information: UNHAMPERED used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNHAMPERED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not slowed or blocked or interfered with

Synonyms:

unhampered; unhindered

Context example:

the new stock market was unhampered by tradition

Similar:

unrestrained (not subject to restraint)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Not held in check or subject to control

Context example:

this would give black people the opportunity to live unhampered by racism

Similar:

free (not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint)


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