Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not prohibited; not forbidden; lawful.

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  • adjective Not prohibited.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ prohibited

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Examples

  • I don't like Yasmin but I think it is great to see debate unprohibited by TV's rules and regulations and it is refreshing to see someone stand up and say what they think rather than giving the usual politicians answer.

    Very Cross Talk on 18 Doughty Street 2007

  • But in addition, it becomes possible for someone to find a new, unprohibited use for that tool.

    The Speculist: More on the Summit 2006

  • But in addition, it becomes possible for someone to find a new, unprohibited use for that tool.

    The Speculist: Singularity Summit 2006

  • But in addition, it becomes possible for someone to find a new, unprohibited use for that tool.

    The Speculist: May 2006 Archives 2006

  • One refined method of opprobrium was the unprohibited sale in the main streets of Berlin of spittoons bearing the countenance of the English Colonial Minister, Mr. Chamberlain.

    William of Germany Stanley Shaw

  • We are in a position to tell him something that still remains unprohibited.

    In the Sweet Dry and Dry Christopher Morley 1923

  • WALLACE IRWIN is irrepressibly jocose (perhaps because he sailed for unprohibited England the day his manuscript was delivered), breaking into quite undisciplined verse anent the rosiness of life since the red light laws went blue.

    Nonsenseorship G. G. [Editor] Putnam 1915

  • One refined method of opprobrium was the unprohibited sale in the main streets of Berlin of spittoons bearing the countenance of the English Colonial Minister, Mr. Chamberlain.

    William of Germany Shaw, Stanley 1913

  • Young as she is, she will soon be sought after by numbers; to one of which, the amiable tenderness of her disposition, unprohibited by prudence, may impel her to give her partiality; and should I, through my own forbearance, shut myself from a chance of this truly desirable election, I think it might greatly hurt me in more respects than one.

    Vicissitudes in Genteel Life 1794

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