unhindered
adjective
un·hin·dered
ˌən-ˈhin-dərd 
: not restrained or held back : not hindered
… she must beg that I would allow her to proceed unhindered.—
Wilkie Collins
Wilkie CollinsIts million-plus residents go about their business unhindered by military checkpoints …—William Finnegan
William FinneganExamples of unhindered in a Sentence
in the absence of appropriate oversight, the unhindered deforestation of the region continues
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Neutrinos are ghostly subatomic particles that can travel in a straight line for billions of light-years, passing unhindered through galaxies, stars and anything else in their path.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
This kind of guidance allows women to explore the world unhindered, making travel feel both enriching and safe.
—Emily Lapointe, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2025
They are armed with automatic weapons – largely smuggled from the United States – and move unhindered through the narrow, winding alleys of their neighborhood strongholds in Port-au-Prince, which national and multinational police forces are often unable to navigate in their bulky armored vehicles.
—Linnea Fehrm, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2025
In space, which has become part of the commons thanks to the profusion of satellite technology, maintaining openness requires spacecraft to be allowed to operate unhindered.
—Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
This kind of guidance allows women to explore the world unhindered, making travel feel both enriching and safe.
—Emily Lapointe, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2025
They are armed with automatic weapons – largely smuggled from the United States – and move unhindered through the narrow, winding alleys of their neighborhood strongholds in Port-au-Prince, which national and multinational police forces are often unable to navigate in their bulky armored vehicles.
—Linnea Fehrm, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2025
In space, which has become part of the commons thanks to the profusion of satellite technology, maintaining openness requires spacecraft to be allowed to operate unhindered.
—Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
See All Example Sentences for unhindered
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“Unhindered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhindered. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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