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unfetter

mid-14c., from un- (2) + fetter (v.). The fig. sense is recorded from late 14c.

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Example sentences

But the effect of their victory is to leave scientists free to continue

research, unfettered by any regulation.

Unfettered reporters provide early warnings, and accountable governments know

they have to respond to emergencies.

Now want has flipped one-eighty to imply an arbitrary and even whimsical

desire, unfettered by need, significance or logic.

Clearly the author's free will to argue against truth is unfettered by reason,

logic, or empirical fact.

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"This is essentially a People's contest. On the side of the Union, it is a struggle for maintaining in the world, that form, and substance of government, whose leading object is, to elevate the condition of men—to lift artificial weights from all shoulders—to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all—to afford all, an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life."

-Abraham Lincoln

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