untrammeled
/əntɹˈæməld/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not limited or restricted; unrestrained; limitless.
Example Sentences
- "The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza."
- "She would follow, her dream of love, the dictates of her heart that told her he was her all in all, the only man in all the world for her for love was the master guide. Nothing else mattered. Come what might she would be wild, untrammelled, free."
- "A system of untrammeled discretion exists when there are no limits on what officials may consider in reaching a decision [..]"
- "The family thinks highly of the new king, though he wasn’t the reason they trekked all the way from England. They wanted untrammeled nature, and they found it in every direction they walked."
Etymology
From trammel (“fishing net; shackle”), from Old French tramail (“net for catching fishes”), from Late Latin tremaculum.
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: tramail, tremaculum