unconstrained

English

Etymology

From Middle English, equivalent to un- +‎ constrained.

Adjective

unconstrained (not comparable)

1. not constrained.
   • 1931, Robert Henry Joseph Steuart, March, Kind Comrade, page 217:

     One sometimes regrets that the War is over— thinking of the gipsy life that one led, of the unstaling interests and the bigness of it all, but above everything of the unconstrained friendliness that was bom and fostered in days of instant peril and in trench and dug-out and ramshackle billet.

Synonyms

• sans gêne

Translations

not constrained

Afrikaans: vry (af) Bulgarian: неограничен (bg) (neograničen), безпрепятствен (bg) (bezprepjatstven) Greek: απαρεμπόδιστος (el) (aparempódistos) Irish: scaoilte Lao: ໂລ່ງ (lōng) Latvian: brīvs, drošs (lv) Macedonian: неогра́ничен (neográničen)

References

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Unconstrained”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 101, column 1.