Unrestricted vs Unfettered - What's the difference?
unrestricted | unfettered | Synonyms |
(unfetter)
Not bound by chains or shackles.
* 1841 — , ch. 68
(by extension) Not restricted.
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* 1916 — )
Unrestricted is a synonym of unfettered.
As adjectives the difference between unrestricted and unfettered
is that unrestricted is not restricted or confined while unfettered is not bound by chains or shackles.As a verb unfettered is
(unfetter).unrestricted
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unfettered
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(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- In a corner of the market among the pens for cattle, Barnaby knelt down, and pausing every now and then to pass his hand over his father’s face, or look up to him with a smile, knocked off his irons. When he had seen him spring, a free man, to his feet, and had given vent to the transport of delight which the sight awakened, he went to work upon his own, which soon fell rattling down upon the ground, and left his limbs unfettered .
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- We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible.
