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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 with
2. not held in check or subject to control
Familiarity information: UNHAMPERED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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