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Definition: Unimpeded |
UnimpededAdjective1. Not slowed or prevented; "a time of unimpeded growth"; "an unimpeded sweep of meadows and hills afforded a peaceful setting". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unimpeded" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Crosswords: Unimpeded |
| Specialty definitions using "unimpeded": expected arrival time, expected time of arrival ♦ guiding center ♦ Larmor orbit ♦ Tail-end Charlie. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Mangroves unimpeded by Brazilian Pepper bushes. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Peru | Political rallies were unimpeded throughout the campaign process. (references) |
Venezuela | Public meetings, including those of all political parties, generally are held unimpeded. (references) | |
Belarus | Local, independent television stations operated in some areas and reported local news relatively unimpeded. (references) | |
Economic History | Azerbaijan | In 1993, the UN Security Council adopted resolutions calling for the cessation of hostilities, unimpeded access for international humanitarian relief efforts, and the eventual deployment of a peacekeeping force in the region. (references) |
Human Rights | Peru | Attorneys are supposed to have unimpeded access to their clients. (references) |
Mauritania | The Government has not responded to the applications of these organizations, on the grounds that they are ethnically based organizations that are divisive and in violation of the law; however, the unrecognized organizations continued to carry out their activities unimpeded. (references) | |
Minorities | Mexico | Adventists in Tapachula were accused of playing loud music in front of Catholic churches while Mass was being conducted, allegedly infringing upon the rights of their neighbors to unimpeded worship. (references) |
Trade | Nicaragua | The private sector has unimpeded access to foreign exchange. (references) |
Yemen | Membership in Free Trade Arrangements: Provisions of the 1934 Taif Treaty with Saudi Arabia call for establishment of open markets, a single customs system for both countries, reciprocal most favored nation trading status, and unimpeded transit rights through both nations. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Unimpeded" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unimpeded" is used about 58 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 58 | 44,427 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "unimpeded"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i pakalueshëm (impassable, impenetrable, inaccessible, indeclinable, irreducible, overwhelming, second to none, unscalable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | невъзпиран, безпрепятствен (unconstrained, untrammelled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 畅通 阻. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | bez zábran (uninhibited). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unbehindert (unfettered, unhindered, uninterrupted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | akadálytalan (expidite, free, glib, unbound, unhampered, unhindered, untrammelled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | indisturbato (undisturbed, untroubled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gyn lhiettrimys (abandon, freely, stintless, unconstrained, unconstrainedly, unhampered, unhindered, without reserve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | impededunay sem impedimentos, sem entraves (untrammelled), livre (bohemian, clear, disengaged, exempt, fetterless, floating, free, immune, independent, leisured, loose, masterless, off, quit, spare, spontaneous, unappropriated, unattached, unconstrained, unencumbered, unobstructed, unoccupied, unrestrained, untied, untrammelled), desimpedido (afloat, clean, unobstructed). (various references) nestingherit (free), neîmpiedicat (untrammelled). (various references) беспрепятственный (unchecked, uncrossed, unhampered, unhindered, unobstructed, untrammelled). (various references) nesprečen, neometen (undisturbed). (various references) obehindrad (freely, unchallenged, unhampered, unmolested, untrammelled, without hindrance), oavbruten (continual, continuous, sustained, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unrelieved), oantastad (inviolate). (various references) engelsiz (clear, unhampered, unhindered), engellenmemiş (unhampered, unhindered, unobstructed, untrammelled). (various references) không bị trở ngại (unhampered, unobstructed, unstopped), không bị ngăn trở (unhampered, untrammelled), không bị cản trở (unchecked, unhampered). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | expeditus, liber, libera, liberae, liberam, liberas, liberi, liberis, libero, liberorum, liberos, liberum, licens. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Unimpeded" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unempedded, unempeded. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unimpeded" (pronounced u'ni'mpē"dud) |
| 7 | -i' m p ē" d u d | impeded. |
| 6 | -m p ē" d u d | stampeded. |
| 5 | -p ē" d u d | speeded. |
| 4 | -ē" d u d | acceded, beaded, ceded, conceded, deeded, exceeded, heeded, interceded, needed, pleaded, preceded, proceeded, receded, seceded, seeded, succeeded, superseded, unheeded, unneeded, weeded. |
| 3 | -d u d | abided, abounded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, alluded, amended, appended, applauded, apprehended, ascended, astounded, attended, avoided, awarded, backhanded, banded, barricaded, bearded, bedded, befriended, beheaded, bended, bladed, blended, blinded, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, bonded, bounded, braided, branded, breaded, broadsided, brooded, candid, carded, cascaded, chided, clouded, coded, coincided, collided, colluded, commanded, commended, compounded, comprehended, concluded, confided, confounded, contended, corded, corresponded, corroded, crowded, decided, defended, defrauded, degraded, deluded, demanded, denuded, depended, derided, descended, disbanded, discarded, disregarded, dissuaded, distended, divided, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, dumbfounded, eluded, embedded, encoded, ended, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, evenhanded, excluded, expanded, expended, exploded, expounded, extended, extruded, exuded, faded, fended, feuded, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, founded, funded, gilded, glided, goaded, graded, grounded, guarded, guided, handed, hardheaded, headed, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, hounded, imbedded, imploded, impounded, included, intended, intruded, invaded, jaded, kidded, landed, larded, lauded, leaded, lightheaded, loaded, lopsided, masterminded, melded, mended, minded, misguided, molded, muddleheaded, nodded, offended, outmoded, overcrowded, overextended, overfunded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, plodded, pounded, precluded, prerecorded, presided, pretended, prided, prodded, propounded, provided, raided, railroaded, rebounded, recommended, recorded, redheaded, refunded, regarded, reloaded, remanded, reminded, remolded, reprimanded, rescinded, resided, responded, retarded, rewarded, rounded, safeguarded, sanded, scalded, scolded, secluded, seconded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, sided, skidded, sordid, sounded, spearheaded, splendid, stranded, studded, subdivided, subsided, surrounded, suspended, tended, threaded, traded, transcended, trended, unaided, unamended, unattended, unbounded, unbranded, undecided, underfunded, underhanded, undivided, unexploded, unfolded, unfounded, unfunded, unguarded, unheralded, unintended, unleaded, unloaded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, wadded, waded, warded, wedded, welded, wielded, winded, wooded, worded, wounded, wrongheaded, yielded. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-i-m-n-p-u" | |
-1 letter: impended. | |
-2 letters: impeded, mueddin, upended. | |
-3 letters: denied, denude, depend, dudeen, duende, dumped, endued, impede, impend, indeed, indued, mended, midden, minded, peined, pended. | |
-4 letters: denim, diene, dined, duped, emend, ended, endue, imped, indue, mined, neume, nided, nudie, pined, umped, undee, undid, upend. | |
-5 letters: deed, deem, deep, deme, dene, deni, died, dime, dine, dude, dump, dune, dupe. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-e-i-m-n-p-u" | |
+1 letter: epidendrum. | |
+2 letters: epidendrums. | |
+5 letters: unpremeditated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 69 6D 70 65 64 65 64 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. .. -- .--. . -.. . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01101001 01101101 01110000 01100101 01100100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n i m p e d e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0069 006D 0070 0065 0064 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)558075798271707170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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