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adjective

ˌən-ˈbər-dᵊnd How to pronounce unburdened (audio)
Definition of unburdenednext
as in free
no longer burdened with something unpleasant or painful now unburdened of his painful secret, he felt free for the first time in years

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unburdened

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verb

past tense of unburden
1
as in unloaded
to empty or rid of cargo the crew was frantically unburdening the ship in an attempt to save it

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2
as in relieved
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers a generous friend unburdened her of that particular financial worry

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Recent Examples of unburdened
Adjective
Looking back across six decades of Cannes triumphs, scandals, detours and reinventions, Schlöndorff sounds surprisingly unburdened by it all. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026 The mill, unburdened by the extra hardware and competitive restrictions, is even more potent, generating as much as 720 hp. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 May 2026
Verb
The team is unburdened by identity, so Haaland has been free to create it. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 30 June 2026 The 19-year-old Russian is the favorite given her form, but Krejčíková, 30, is a fearsome opponent on grass and will enter the match unburdened by pressure. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for unburdened
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unburdened
  1. free
  2. unloaded
  3. relieved
  4. freed
  5. cleared
  6. liberated
Adjective
  • Speed is now free, which means, for the first time in history, speed is worthless.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • However, the research does not establish that the new microcomb can independently provide GPS-free navigation.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of free
Verb
  • During Trautman’s visit in the fall of 1942, when matériel was unloaded off the coast of Australia, it was stacked on the beaches, fully exposed to the elements.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Mora unloaded on Summers at UTSA over a late substitution that led to an easy touchdown.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of unloaded
Verb
  • When a county judge put the brakes on what would be the largest data center in California, ruling the whole project needed extensive environmental review, Kristian Salgado was relieved.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The White Sox loaded the bases in the sixth inning before Erik Sabrowski relieved Williams and struck out Murakami.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of relieved
Adjective
  • The freed captives, mostly women and children, were among over 300 kidnap victims freed by Nigerian forces this week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In fact, the vast majority of freed people remained in the South.
    — Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
Definition of freed
Verb
  • Hours after the collapse in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, emergency services spokesperson Bilal Faizi said that everyone trapped beneath the rubble had been pulled out and crews had cleared debris.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Once players were cleared to return to practice after a long break, Dieffenbach routinely ran a route, caught a pass and threw the ball back to the start of the drill.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of cleared
Adjective
  • The slide-out kitchen stores away under the bed so as not to take up any of the liberated floor space.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The liberated bundle then touches down somewhere else in the genome, where native DNA repair processes paste it in.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of liberated

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“Unburdened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unburdened. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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