Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unchained; unshackled; free from restraint; unrestrained.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
unfetter . - adjective Not
bound bychains orshackles . - adjective by extension Not
restricted .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not bound by shackles and chains
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Examples
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The report, prepared for the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, says 70 percent of the guns recovered at crime scenes in Mexico and traced by authorities came from the U.S.The chair of the caucus, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, is calling on Congress to act on the findings and stop powerful Mexican drug traffickers from having what she calls "unfettered access" to military-style weapons from the United States.
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The report, prepared for the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, says 70 percent of the guns recovered at crime scenes in Mexico and traced by authorities came from the U.S.The chair of the caucus, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, is calling on Congress to act on the findings and stop powerful Mexican drug traffickers from having what she calls "unfettered access" to military-style weapons from the United States.
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The report, prepared for the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, says 70 percent of the guns recovered at crime scenes in Mexico and traced by authorities came from the U.S.The chair of the caucus, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, is calling on Congress to act on the findings and stop powerful Mexican drug traffickers from having what she calls "unfettered access" to military-style weapons from the United States.
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The report, prepared for the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, says 70 percent of the guns recovered at crime scenes in Mexico and traced by authorities came from the U.S.The chair of the caucus, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, is calling on Congress to act on the findings and stop powerful Mexican drug traffickers from having what she calls "unfettered access" to military-style weapons from the United States.
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What that essentially means is while Iraq is ready and willing to let the inspectors in for what it calls unfettered access to most sites, that access, the unfettered access will stop at the palaces.
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He tells us that persons had what he calls unfettered access to various private portions of the supervisor's office including a computer, and a box containing requests for absentee ballots and other "stuff," was his words.
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If there's any group that should believe in unfettered access to the initiative process, and to vest power in the people rather than the legislators in the pay and in the pocket of special interests, it should be the Tea Party.
Wayne Pacelle: Playing Politics with Puppy Mill Abuse Wayne Pacelle 2010
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In the right hands, there's a nobility in unfettered eccentricity.
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You are obviously a true believer in unfettered capitalism and the “free” market.
Think Progress » REPORT: A Closer Look At Consumer Protections In Dodd’s Financial Reform Bill 2010
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I want to go in unfettered and as fresh as a virgin in a refrigerator, as Lord Finesse said.
Scant New Details on Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life | /Film 2010
sarra commented on the word unfettered
“…unfettered access…” — BBC Radio 4 news bulletin, 10th May 2008. Surely most stations would use unrestricted or full!
May 10, 2008
bilby commented on the word unfettered
A Greek salad with cheese removed.
June 27, 2020