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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

desimpedido

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dezĩpiˈdidu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unfettered/ʌnˈfɛt.ɚd/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #6500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele tinha acesso desimpedido aos documentos confidenciais."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not confined or restricted; released from shackles or physical restraint.

    "The dog was allowed to run unfettered across the open meadow."
  2. 2

    Free from operational, legal, or conceptual bounds; completely unrestricted.

    "The scientists were given unfettered access to the laboratory data."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix un- (meaning not) combined with fettered, which originates from the Old English 'feter', meaning a shackle or chain for the feet. First recorded in the late 16th century, the term evolved from literally meaning 'released from shackles' to metaphorically denoting absolute freedom from restraint or limitation.

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