What does unfettered mean?
Unfettered means simple past and past participle of unfetter.
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/ʌnˈfɛtəd/ · verb
simple past and past participle of unfetter.
Near-synonyms: unmanacled, unhandcuffed
In a corner of the market among the pens for cattle, Barnaby knelt down, and pausing every now and then to pass his hand over his father’s face, or look up to him with a smile, knocked off his irons. When he had seen him spring, a free man, to his feet, and had given vent to the transport of delight which the sight awakened, he went to work upon his own, which soon fell rattling down upon the ground, and left his limbs unfettered.
I envy not the beast that takes His license in the field of time, Unfetter’d by the sense of crime, To whom a conscience never wakes; […]
We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible.
This Act contained no provisions relating to the gauge of the line, and at this early date there was no legislation governing the gauge of railways generally, so that the Eastern Counties directors had an unfettered choice in the matter.
Alexander says she has been accused of censorship "worse than a Syrian dictator" over her quest to have gang-related videos taken down. But her campaign shows the debate over a completely unfettered internet is not clear-cut.
The EU was established to oppose the unfettered power of nation states and defuse the rivalries between them.
The underlying problem with transport policy is that there no coherent strategy. Ministers have tended to encourage greater use of motor vehicles through both transport and (particularly) planning policies, while simultaneously warning of the terrible consequences of unfettered growth of road use.
Use unfettered when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unfettered means simple past and past participle of unfetter.
Common synonyms include fetterless, unshackled, shackleless, unchained.
Possible antonyms include fettered.
Near-synonyms: unmanacled, unhandcuffed
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