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Meaning of unpinioned | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Of a bird: not having the pinions of its wings cut off, or its wings otherwise disabled, to prevent it from flying.
  2. Free from restraint.
    also, archaic, figuratively

Examples

“[W]hile the vvorks of others fly like unpinioned ſvvans, I find my ovvn move as heavily as a nevv-plucked gooſe.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

unpinked unpinnable unpinned unpinpointable unpinpointed unpious

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