UNOBSTRUCTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unobstructed mean? 

• UNOBSTRUCTED (adjective)
  The adjective UNOBSTRUCTED has 1 sense:

1. free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance

  Familiarity information: UNOBSTRUCTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNOBSTRUCTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance

Context example:

an unobstructed view

Similar:

clear; open (affording free passage or view)

patent ((of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage)

unimpeded (not slowed or prevented)

unclogged (freed of obstructions)

Antonym:

obstructed (shut off to passage or view or hindered from action)

 Context examples 

Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; affording free passage or access; accessible to all.

(Open, NCI Thesaurus)

"And what is special about this observation is that this is the most distant dusty galaxy we have ever seen in an unobstructed way."

(ALMA spots most distant dusty galaxy hidden in plain sight, National Science Foundation)

Yet previous studies of chemotaxis — the way bacteria move toward a higher concentration of food or away from concentrations of poisons — usually have been done in unobstructed chambers.

(Bacteria change behavior to tackle tiny obstacle course, National Science Foundation)

The shoot can bend towards where light is unobstructed and the roots can grow towards water or more nutrient-rich soil.

(Plants can tell time even without a brain, University of Cambridge)

A surgical instrument designed to maneuver internal anatomic structures during laparoscopic procedures, usually to permit an unobstructed view of the area of interest.

(Laparoscopic Retractor, NCI Thesaurus)