Unfree
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unfree is an adjective meaning Not free; lacking freedom, especially (historical) of a tenant who was bound to a manor.
Meaning
Not free; lacking freedom, especially (historical) of a tenant who was bound to a manor.
More Meanings
- (historical) A person lacking freedom, such as a tenant bound to a manor.
Example Sentences
Economically free countries enjoy decentralized power, whereas the power in economically unfree countries is centralized.
The commissioners then proceeded to consider the various petitions and remonstrances of the unfrees, and to determine the amount to be levied from each.
By the time of the Nibelungenlied the word was used to denote a wide variety of usually ecclesiastic or royal administrators, from the lowest, unfree ministerial to an enfeoffed judge.
Word Forms
- unfreer
- unfree-er
- unfreest
- unfree-est
- unfrees
Synonyms for unfree
Depending on context, synonyms include confined, entangled, trapped, captive, treed, cornered.
Antonyms for unfree
Common opposites include free.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nonautonomous, nonsovereign, bound, captive, serflike, indentured.
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