Vocabulary

Unfettered

English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.

English meaning
not confined or restricted.
Urdu meaning
بے محل، آزاد، قید و بند سے آزاد کیا ہواس
Example sentences (from Dawn)

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  1. In other words, most profits generated by Pakistan`s largest companies are not the outcome of unfettered competition, but of state-shaped economics.The cost to competition: This structure produces predictable distortions.
    Dawn Editorials — Biggest conglomerate — 2026-01-13
  2. The number of luxury cars on our roads, the huge palatial houses, the manicured lawns of the gated communities and golf courses and the unfettered spending in our weddings are there for all to see.
    Dawn Editorials — Psychology of poverty — 2025-12-24
  3. An unfettered press restores trust in credible media outlets, which quashes propaganda, fake news and biased narratives.
    Dawn Editorials — Stifled press — 2025-09-15
  4. It is not that discretion cannot be exercised by officials at all, but rather such discretion cannot be unfettered and curtailment of rights cannot be unreasonable.
    Dawn Editorials — Vague and unjust — 2025-07-25
  5. Anyone possessing an even cursory familiarity with Pakistani cities and towns will know how unchecked and unfettered urban expansion has dramatically altered the rural-urban frontier.
    Dawn Editorials — Commodified nature — 2025-07-21
Synonyms
unrestrained, unrestricted, unconstrained, free, unbridled, untrammelled, unchecked

Antonyms
restricted, fettered
Curator example
“his imagination is unfettered by the laws of logic”

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