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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unhampered

1690s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of hamper (v.).

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unhampered

a. Not hampered.

WordNet
unhampered
  1. adj. not slowed or blocked or interfered with; "an outlet for healthy and unhampered action"; "a priest unhampered by scruple"; "the new stock market was unhampered by tradition" [syn: unhindered]

  2. not held in check or subject to control; "unhampered dissemination of news"; "this would give black people the opportunity to live unhampered by racism" [syn: free of(p)]

Usage examples of "unhampered".

Unhampered by a buckler Blake took full advantage of the nimbleness of the wiry horse he rode and which he had ridden daily since his arrival in Nimmr, so that man and beast were well accustomed to one another.

Dorel and Katana strolled among the dripping trees and bushes, getting soaked but enjoying the freedom of a wet walk unhampered by raincoat or umbrella.

He kept going past the midpoint, steadier, more confident with each step, unhampered by the buffets of the wind.

So they had another round of champagne, while the marimba player banged out more music, unhampered by the missing key.

A stroke from that hollow stick, coming unhampered, could stretch Verdugo senseless.

He dressed in chinos and a blousy Hawaiian shirt, which he wore over his pants in order to be as unhampered as possible by his clothing.

Once that was established--once each of them had made his attempt at directing things among them, thus clearly establishing relative ascendencies, then the government of Earth could proceed unhampered by further jockeying.

She pointed toward where Catholics and Baptists were straggling off in different directions, unhampered by the few dazed cops who were still standing.

It meant that although the organization ticket won, he would, in the public eye at least, have the credit of beating the System, of going into office unhampered, of having assured beyond doubt what was at best only problematical with the Reform League.

Deliberately manipulated outrage-incidents such as the sinking of the Lusitania, the burning of the Reischtag, and the attack on Pearl Harbor, as precursors to elite-planned military campaigns has historically held several functions: it triggers the built-in nationalistic war spirit, channels the resulting righteous wrath toward the nominated enemy, and concentrates power in the executive branch, where elite control is unhampered by popular influence.

Abdiel was being pounded by several guns at once, the hidden marksmen unhampered by movement or range as they fired again and again at the ship which must be lying below and right across their sights.

But perhaps the worst drawback of Darius's new position was the long and irregular hours, due partly to the influences of Saint Monday and of the scenes above indicated but not described, and partly to the fact that the employees were on piece-work and entirely unhampered by grandmotherly legislation.

They had been commandeered from various local radio and scientific instrument works, and every man knew his stuff so well that Laurie and his little band could concentrate unhampered on their own special jobs.