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unfetter

[ uhn-fet-er ]

/ ʌnˈfɛt ər /

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verb (used with object)

to release from fetters.

to free from restraint; liberate.

Origin of unfetter

First recorded in 1325–75, unfetter is from the Middle English word unfeteren. See un-², fetter

Words nearby unfetter

unfeasible, unfederated malay states, unfeeling, unfeigned, unfertilized, unfetter, unfettered, unfilial, unfilled, unfiltered, unfindable

Example sentences from the Web for unfettered

Those are troubling numbers, for unfettered speech is not incidental to a flourishing society.

How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech |Nick Gillespie |January 9, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Sxities icon Eugene McCarthy spent his final years warning about the negative impact of unfettered immigration.

The Liberal Case Against Illegal Immigration |Doug McIntyre |November 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Conservatives should realize, though, what unfettered presidential power means.

Obama’s ISIS War Is Illegal |Sen. Rand Paul |November 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
An unfettered Lagarde could parlay her stint managing crises in Washington for glittering new adventures.

IMF Chief Lagarde Placed Under Formal Investigation in France |Tracy McNicoll |August 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Republicans are always arguing that the free market, unfettered by government regulation, will make everything cheaper.

Free Market Failure: Raising a Kid Is a Rigged Game in the USA |Monica Potts |August 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This, indeed, must be the impression all robust and unfettered minds will receive from a visit to Our Lady of the Snows.

In the Track of R. L. Stevenson and Elsewhere in Old France |Sir John Alexander Hammerton
Does the wind then obey no rule; is it a mere symbol of unfettered caprice?

The World's Great Sermons, Volume 7: Hale to Farrar |Various
The chief object of home is to give to each individual a chance for unfettered development.

The House that Jill Built |E. C. Gardner
The first free and unfettered balloon voyage was performed very soon after the event mentioned at the end of the last chapter.

Up in the Clouds |R.M. Ballantyne
It is the unfettered right which makes Secularism to differ from Christianity, and to excel it.

The Principles Of Secularism |George Jacob Holyoake

British Dictionary definitions for unfettered (1 of 2)

unfettered

/ (ʌnˈfɛtəd) /

adjective

released from physical or mental bonds; unrestrained

British Dictionary definitions for unfettered (2 of 2)

unfetter

/ (ʌnˈfɛtə) /

verb (tr)

to release from fetters, bonds, etc

to release from restraint or inhibition