Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not burdened.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
unburden .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not burdened with difficulties or responsibilities
- adjective not encumbered with a physical burden or load
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Examples
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One moral reformer in Montana reported this about life in a mining town: Men without the restraint of law, indifferent to public opinion, and unburdened by families, drink whenever they feel like it, whenever they have the money to pay for it, and whenever there is nothing else to do. . .
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Arch-hypocrite and Tuscan property guru Polly Toynbee has unburdened herself on the subject of corporate tax of a piece of sanctimonious, pompous finger-wagging in today's Guardian under the title "It's time to rattle and bang in protest at this outrage".
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Though Tampa won the American League pennant in 2008 and the AL East championship last year, Rays players said they remain unburdened by the same level of pressure that their counterparts in big-money, big-media markets might feel.
Tampa Plays It Cool As Their Rivals Sweat Mike Sielski 2011
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He could just walk out the front door, just walk right out and head off to wherever, totally unencumbered, totally unburdened.
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She began writing for a start-up newspaper, but her youthful enthusiasm, as yet unburdened by repression and its consequences, soon led to frustration with her editors.
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Arch-hypocrite and Tuscan property guru Polly Toynbee has unburdened herself on the subject of corporate tax of a piece of sanctimonious, pompous finger-wagging in today's Guardian under the title "It's time to rattle and bang in protest at this outrage".
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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Look then for the blank card, the sprung trap, the net's dissolve, the unburdened line that swings free in the air.
Time to Rhyme 2009
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She began writing for a start-up newspaper, but her youthful enthusiasm, as yet unburdened by repression and its consequences, soon led to frustration with her editors.
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In the nearly 24 months since Mr. Obama's election, popular enthusiasm for him has gone the way of his famous speeches — lyrical, inspired and unburdened by the weight of concrete thought.
Why Obama Is No Roosevelt Dorothy Rabinowitz 2010
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She began writing for a start-up newspaper, but her youthful enthusiasm, as yet unburdened by repression and its consequences, soon led to frustration with her editors.
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