Definitions

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  • adjective Free from obstructions.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not slowed or prevented

Etymologies

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un- +‎ impeded

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Examples

  • Then at 9: 53, Phillips walked in unimpeded from the point to the left circle and wristed a shot to the short side.

    USATODAY.com 2007

  • Minnesota went up 1-0 at the 13: 51 mark when Marian Gaborik controlled the puck off the wall near center ice and passed to Pavol Demitra, who skated in unimpeded from the right wing.

    USATODAY.com 2007

  • Stempniak skated unimpeded from the right boards and into the circle, where he beat Dallas goaltender Marty Turco with a wrist shot for his 26th goal at 10: 46 of the first period to make it 1-0.

    USATODAY.com - Hockey - St. Louis vs. Dallas 2006

  • Often perplexing to new or non-hoopers, I define this quality as a state in which the hoopdancer’s movements radiate unimpeded from a fully integrated place – no veil of self-consciousness or doubt interposes between the dancer and the movement.

    Hooping.org | Blog | Inside The Hoop: Ann Humphreys 2009

  • Some maintain that pleasure is never good, some that it is partly good and partly not; some that it is good, but not the best But it cannot be bad _per se_, since it may be defined as the unimpeded activity of a formed faculty.

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Various 1909

  • The Sinaloa cartel run by Mexico's most wanted fugitive, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, now is moving drugs through the Tijuana corridor "unimpeded," said a U.S. law enforcement official in Mexico, a possible reason why violence has dropped in the city across the border from San Diego, California, since a bloody peak in 2008.

    Mexico's Largest Pot Bust Even Bigger Than Original Estimate AP 2010

  • Mr. Osborne issued a warning to the banks that they won't be allowed to hand out "unimpeded" bonus payments and hinted at further increases in the threshold at which income tax is paid.

    U.K. Treasury Chief Targets Welfare Bill Ainsley Thomson 2010

  • The Sinaloa cartel run by Mexico's most wanted fugitive, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, now is moving drugs through the Tijuana corridor "unimpeded," said a U.S. law enforcement official in Mexico, a possible reason why violence has dropped in the city across the border from San Diego, California, since a bloody peak in 2008.

    Mexico's Largest Pot Bust Even Bigger Than Original Estimate AP 2010

  • The Sinaloa cartel run by Mexico's most wanted fugitive, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, now is moving drugs through the Tijuana corridor "unimpeded," said a U.S. law enforcement official in Mexico, a possible reason why violence has dropped in the city across the border from San Diego, California, since a bloody peak in 2008.

    Mexico's Largest Pot Bust Even Bigger Than Original Estimate The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Plus, how do we get the notion that the shots were "unimpeded"?

    "You may rest assured that I, and hundreds of supporters, will continue to contact you, by email, phone, and perhaps in-person requests...." Ann Althouse 2008

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