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UNINHIBITED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uninhibited mean? 

UNINHIBITED (adjective)
  The adjective UNINHIBITED has 1 sense:

1. not inhibited or restrainedplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


UNINHIBITED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not inhibited or restrained

Context example:

uninhibited exuberance

Similar:

abandoned (unrestrained and uninhibited)

earthy (hearty and lusty)

unrepressed (not repressed)

unsuppressed (given vent to)

Also:

unreserved (not cautious or reticent)

unrestrained (not subject to restraint)

Antonym:

inhibited (held back or restrained or prevented)


 Context examples 


A procedure performed during a percutaneous coronary intervention in which a device is deployed into the lumen of a coronary artery to expand and support the vessel wall such that the vessel remains patent and blood flow is uninhibited.

(Cardiac Stent Placement, NCI Thesaurus)



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