unburdened
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Not encumbered with a physical burden or load: Describes a state of being free from a physical weight or heavy object that one is carrying.
- Not burdened with difficulties or responsibilities: Describes a state of being free from mental, emotional, or situational pressures, obligations, or worries.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- After delivering the packages, the courier felt unburdened and light.
- She felt unburdened after sharing her secret with a trusted friend.
- The decision left him feeling unburdened by guilt.
Advanced Usage
- "Unburdened by...": This common construction specifies what particular weight, concern, or theory one is free from.
- The artist worked, unburdened by commercial expectations.
- He approached the problem with a fresh mind, unburdened by past failures.
- Their analysis was unburdened by an overarching theory, allowing for more observational conclusions.
Variants and Related Words
- Unburden (verb): To relieve (someone or oneself) of a burden or worry.
- She needed to unburden herself of the truth.
- Burdened (adjective): The opposite state; weighed down with a load or responsibility.
Synonyms
- Unencumbered: Not having any burden or impediment.
- Unfettered: Released from restraint or inhibition.
- Free: Not under the control or in the power of another; able to act or be done as one wishes.
Antonyms
- Burdened: Carrying a heavy load or responsibility.
- Encumbered: Restricted or burdened in movement or action.
- Laden: Heavily loaded or weighed down.
Adjective
- not encumbered with a physical burden or load
- not burdened with difficulties or responsibilities
- unburdened by an overarching theory- Alex Inkeles