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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unfree

Unfree \Un*free"\, a. Not free; held in bondage.

There had always been a slave class, a class of the unfree, among the English as among all German peoples.
--J. R. Green

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unfree

c.1300, from un- (1) "not" + free (adj.). Similar formation in Middle Dutch onvri, Old High German unfri, German unfrei, Middle Danish ufri.

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unfree

a. Not free; especially of a tenant who was bound to a manor.

WordNet
unfree

adj. hampered and not free; not able to act at will [ant: free]

Usage examples of "unfree".

Economic forces were already propelling the decline of villeinage, and commutation continued, despite the crushing of the revolt, until the unfree peasant gradually disappeared.