UNFREE

unfree

(adjective) hampered and not free; not able to act at will

unfree

(adjective) held in servitude; “he was born of slave parents”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unfree (comparative more unfree, superlative most unfree)

Not free; especially of a tenant who was bound to a manor.

Source: Wiktionary


Un*free", a.

Definition: Not free; held in bondage. There had always been a slave class, a class of the unfree, among the English as among all German peoples. J. R. Green

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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