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Definition: Unburdened |
UnburdenedAdjective1. Not burdened with difficulties or responsibilities; "unburdened by an overarching theory"- Alex Inkeles. 2. Not encumbered with a physical burden or load. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unburdened" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1726. (references) |
Synonym: UnburdenedSynonym: burdenless (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: burdened (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Facility | Unembarrassed, disburdened, unburdened, disencumbered, unencumbered, disembarrassed; exonerated; unloaded, unobstructed, untrammeled; unrestrained; (free); at ease, light. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Unburdened" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 78.57% of the time. "Unburdened" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 78.57% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 14.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "unburdened"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | entlassene (dismissed). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | licenziato (discharge, discharged, dismiss, give notice, graduate). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 空馬 (unburdened horse). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | からうま (unburdened horse). (various references) | ||||||||||
Manx | neulaadit, folmit (emptied, gutted), eddrymit (lightened), anlaadit. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | urdenedunbay облегчать облегченный (lightened, relieved). (various references) | ||||||||||
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"Unburdened" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unberdened, unburthened, unsurveyed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unburdened" (pronounced unber"dund) |
| 6 | -b er" d u n d | burdened, overburdened. |
| 4 | -d u n d | abandoned, broadened, cordoned, emboldened, gardened, hardened, pardoned, saddened, widened. |
| 3 | -u n d | aforementioned, aland, almond, apportioned, auctioned, auditioned, awakened, bargained, beckoned, blackened, bludgeoned, brightened, burgeoned, buttoned, captioned, cautioned, championed, chastened, cheapened, chickened, christened, commissioned, conditioned, cottoned, cushioned, dampened, darkened, decommissioned, deepened, destined, determined, diamond, dimensioned, disciplined, disheartened, disillusioned, dockland, Eland, emblazoned, engined, enlightened, enlivened, envisioned, errand, evened, examined, fashioned, fastened, fattened, flattened, frightened, functioned, Garland, garrisoned, glistened, happened, hastened, heartened, heightened, Highland, Holland, husband, illumined, imagined, impassioned, imprisoned, island, jettisoned, leavened, legend, lengthened, lessened, ligand, lightened, likened, listened, livened, loosened, malfunctioned, margined, mentioned, millisecond, moistened, moribund, motioned, nanosecond, Norland, occasioned, opened, optioned, orphaned, Osmund, partitioned, petitioned, poisoned, positioned, predestined, predetermined, prisoned, proportioned, propositioned, questioned, quickened, rationed, reasoned, reawakened, rechristened, reckoned, reconditioned, reexamined, reopened, repositioned, requisitioned, Reverend, ripened, ruined, sanctioned, seasoned, second, sectioned, sharpened, Shetland, shortened, sickened, siphoned, slackened, softened, soland, stationed, steepened, stiffened, stipend, straightened, strengthened, summoned, sweetened, thickened, thousand, threatened, tightened, toughened, unbuttoned, undetermined, unenlightened, unmentioned, unopened, unquestioned, unsanctioned, upland, vacationed, weakened, wizened, worsened. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-d-e-e-n-n-r-u-u" | |
-2 letters: burdened, unbended, unburden, unburned, underbud. | |
-3 letters: denuder, endured, unended. | |
-4 letters: bedder, bended, bender, budder, burden, burned, denned, denude, dudeen, duende, dunned, dunner, durned, endued, endure, enured, redbud, redden, rended, unbend, unbred. | |
-5 letters: benne, brede, breed, dreed, dured, ended, ender, endue, enure, nuder, reded, redub, udder, undee, under, undue. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 62 75 72 64 65 6E 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -... ..- .-. -.. . -. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100010 01110101 01110010 01100100 01100101 01101110 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n b u r d e n e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0062 0075 0072 0064 0065 006E 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55806887847071807170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, немецкий |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italienisch, italiano, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japaner, japanisch, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, японский, японец |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japaner, japanisch, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, японский, японец |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | Russe, russisch, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, английский |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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