unburdened 1 of 2

as in free
no longer burdened with something unpleasant or painful now unburdened of his painful secret, he felt free for the first time in years

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unburdened

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verb

past tense of unburden

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Recent Examples of unburdened
Adjective
Advertisement And autocratic governments are anticipating a far more transactional relationship with Washington, unburdened by diplomatic discourse about human rights or the rule of law. Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025 By doing so, Mr. Trudeau wards off the likely collapse of his minority government and gives the Liberals time to choose a leader unburdened by his dismal poll numbers. Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 But as the pre-game activities make clear, the spirits were unburdened and the feel was loose. Steve Hochman, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2025 On social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and TikTok, raising your ya ya ya means being unburdened, with many users posting their ya ya ya as affirmations. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unburdened
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unburdened
Adjective
  • The problem for the Ducks is that free agency looks to be a depressed market after Mitch Marner, and that’s if the Toronto Maple Leafs star makes it to July 1.
    Eric Stephens, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • All three services have free tiers with similar features, though RingCentral Video supports slightly longer meetings.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Surely, Johnson had to be relieved to be traded by the lowly Carolina Panthers to a team that is a legitimate Super Bowl contender.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • They are also relieved that the war, for now, has ended.
    Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Today, Hampton’s legacy is one of revolutionary love, community and the audacity to imagine a liberated future.
    Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The liberated students go wild on campus with some students like Marie trying to stop them.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But she’s also been freed in a way.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The Kremlin on Thursday freed Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American ballerina sentenced to 12 years in prison for donating to a Ukrainian charity, in exchange for a man accused of funneling military-grade electronics from the United States to Russia’s armed forces.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Unburdened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unburdened. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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