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unfree
Unfree (adj) means lacking liberty, used especially of a historical tenant tied to serving a manor.
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Lacking liberty, used especially of a historical tenant tied to serving a manor.
"Economically free countries enjoy decentralized power, whereas the power in economically unfree countries is centralized."
— James R. Otteson (2006)
"By the time of the Nibelungenlied the word was used to denote a wide variety of usually ecclesiastic or royal administrators, from the lowest, unfree ministerial to an enfeoffed judge."
— Francis G. Gentry, The Nibelungen Tradition (2002)
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Etymology
Unfree came into English via Middle English unfre, from an Old English form not otherwise recorded, which in turn traces to Proto-West Germanic *unfrī. Its cognates include Middle High German unfrī (German unfrei), Middle Low German unvrī and Middle Dutch onvri (Dutch onvrij). Broken down, it is un- + free.
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What is the meaning of unfree?
"unfree" (adj) means lacking liberty, used especially of a historical tenant tied to serving a manor.
What is the opposite of unfree?
The opposite of "unfree" is free.
