untrammeled
adjective
un·tram·meled
ˌən-ˈtra-məld 
variants
US untrammeled
or British untrammelled
: not confined, limited, or impeded
untrammeled greed/arrogance
the untrammeled free market
Since the later 1990s, when the first news sites were introduced on the Internet, most papers have offered untrammeled access to them.—
Michael Massing
Michael MassingShe looks back with amazement at the untrammeled single life she enjoyed not so long ago.—Paul Gray
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But his comix are best understood as a bottom-up effort to return a neutered art form—one that afforded him untrammeled fantasy as a kid—to a place of illegitimacy and anarchy, shame and desire, surplus and oblivion.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration, all too aware of sheriffs’ untrammeled power, has been recruiting them as allies in its extra-legal war against California, and especially our immigrant families.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2025
Nvidia's untrammeled dominance of the consumer graphics card market should also be an opportunity for AMD.
—Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
The United States’ vital interest lies in preventing China from attaining untrammeled regional hegemony in Asia.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration, all too aware of sheriffs’ untrammeled power, has been recruiting them as allies in its extra-legal war against California, and especially our immigrant families.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2025
Nvidia's untrammeled dominance of the consumer graphics card market should also be an opportunity for AMD.
—Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
The United States’ vital interest lies in preventing China from attaining untrammeled regional hegemony in Asia.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Untrammeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untrammeled. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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