English > unfree: 2 senses > adjective 2Meaning | hampered and not free; not able to act at will. |
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Attribute of | freedom | The condition of being free |
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Narrower | adscript, adscripted | (used of persons) bound to a tract of land |
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apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured | Bound by contract |
at bay, cornered, trapped, treed | Forced to turn and face attackers |
captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed | In captivity / captivity |
entangled | Involved in difficulties |
nonautonomous, nonsovereign | (of peoples and political bodies) controlled by outside forces |
prisonlike | resembling a prison |
serflike | like someone in servitude |
See also | bound | Confined by bonds |
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confined | not free to move about |
dependent | Relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed |
restricted | subject to restriction or subjected to restriction |
unfree | Held in servitude |
Opposite | free | able to act at will |
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