Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not strained; not purified by straining: as, unstrained oil.
- Not subjected to a strain.
- Easy; not forced; natural.
Wiktionary
- adj. Not strained.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining.
- adj. Not forced; easy; natural.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. not resulting from undue effort; not forced
- adj. not placed under psychological stress
Examples
“It was utterly delightful, just her and her guitar singing four songs, her voice sounding beautiful, completely unstrained, which is the key.”
“The actor finds an unstrained vocal pitch that is as uncanny as it is hilarious.”
“Although they had not seen each other for years, they had instantly been returned to an unstrained intimacy, as unexpected as it was welcome.”
“It's just that the 640i doesn't have the turbo-V8's brightness, its decadent bellow, its sense of unstrained overcapacity.”
The Wall Street Journal: BMW 640i: For the All-Business Person
“Gravity goes weirdly longitudinal and you begin to plunge forward with unstrained haste and gathering lawlessness.”
“So too is their shared drive, relentless but unstrained, to continually create anew.”
“The sea is Marstal's life and Jensen's unstrained metaphor: luring the Marstallers away from home, offering uncertain passage and providing few harbors that are safe for long.”
The Washington Post: Book review: Carsten Jensen's 'We, the Drowned'
“Trust to the unstrained quality of mercy possessed by Christian young women in the year 1914 who will vote some day if ever they grow up and do not marry foreigners.”
“Senators Cornyn and Reid should both just sit down, cool off, and allow the plain meanings of law, unstrained by the casuistry of lawyers or by the pulls of partisanship to provide guidance in these two cases. —”
Republican Leader Threatens to Block Seating of Franken - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“NASA ability to conduct "unstrained transfer" of it's budget is no longer available.”
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