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unembarrassed

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em⋅bar⋅rass

  [em-bar-uhs]
Use unembarrassed in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash: His bad table manners embarrassed her.
2. to make difficult or intricate, as a question or problem; complicate.
3. to put obstacles or difficulties in the way of; impede: The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill.
4. to beset with financial difficulties; burden with debt: The decline in sales embarrassed the company.
–verb (used without object)
5. to become disconcerted, abashed, or confused.
Origin:
1665–75; < F embarrasser < Sp embarazar < Pg embaraçar, equiv. to em- em- 1 + -baraçar, v. deriv. of baraço, baraça cord, strap, noose (of obscure orig.)

Related forms:
em⋅bar⋅rassed⋅ly  [em-bar-uhst-lee, -uh-sid-lee] , adverb
em⋅bar⋅rass⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. discompose, discomfit, chagrin. See confuse. 3. hamper, hinder.
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Word Origin & History

embarrass 
1672, "perplex, throw into doubt," from Fr. embarrasser, lit. "to block," from embarras "obstacle," from It. imbarrazzo, from imbarrare "to bar," from in- "into, upon" + V.L. *barra "bar." Meaning "make (someone) feel awkward" first recorded 1828. Original sense preserved in embarras de richesse (1751), from Fr. (1726), the condition of having more wealth than one knows what to do with.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: em·bar·rass
Pronunciation: im-'bar-&s
Function: transitive verb
: to impair the activity of (a bodily function) or the functionof (a bodily part) embarrassed by overeating> embarrasses the lungs>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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