"unencumbered" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌʌnɪnˈkʌmbəd/ [UK], /ˌʌnɪnˈkʌmbɚd/ [General-American] Forms: more unencumbered [comparative], most unencumbered [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + encumbered. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|encumbered}} un- + encumbered Head templates: {{en-adj}} unencumbered (comparative more unencumbered, superlative most unencumbered)
  1. Not burdened with worries, cares or responsibilities. Translations (not burdened with worries, cares or responsibilities): необременен (neobremenen) (Bulgarian), unbelastet (German), expedītus (Latin), neuchumrit (Manx), māmā (Maori), neopterećen (Serbo-Croatian), bezbrižan (Serbo-Croatian), yüksüz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-unencumbered-en-adj-4r3kqMcs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 7 36 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 45 25 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 14 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 14 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 8 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 62 12 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 63 12 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 68 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 59 15 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 59 15 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 56 15 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 60 15 25 Disambiguation of 'not burdened with worries, cares or responsibilities': 85 1 14
  2. Free of encumbrance. Translations (free of encumbrance): unbehindert (German), neopterećen (Serbo-Croatian), nezadužen (Serbo-Croatian), bez duga (Serbo-Croatian), engelsiz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-unencumbered-en-adj-XpiQrowR Disambiguation of 'free of encumbrance': 2 97 1
  3. (of property) Not subject to any claims. Translations (of property, not subject to any claims): unbelastet (German), unverschuldet (German), neoperećen (Serbo-Croatian), nezadužen (Serbo-Croatian), borçsuz (Turkish), hacizsiz (Turkish), ipoteksiz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-unencumbered-en-adj-qm9v9-2D Disambiguation of 'of property, not subject to any claims': 33 1 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: unbothered, carefree

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (99a4ed9 and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.