uninhibitedness

noun

as in abandon
carefree freedom from constraint reserved by nature, she simply lacks the kind of uninhibitedness that producers of reality shows are looking for

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  1. abandon
  2. abandonment
  3. naturalness
Noun
  • There must have been a hundred of us there, circling the truck, clambering onto its hood, shuffling and shimmying and twerking with abandon.
    — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, Curry connected with fans like me because, as a performer, the man seemed able to do anything, and do it with a kind of liberated abandon and eagerness to entertain.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of abandon
Noun
  • The note appears twice in handwriting and is typed again on the final report of well abandonment.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • For Smotkin, the water crisis reflects the island’s history of structural neglect and systemic abandonment by both local and federal authorities.
    — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of abandonment
Noun
  • The ensemble of actors is convincing in its naturalness, with the characterizations remaining consistently precise and ambivalent.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Inside the wilderness, a big part of it is to return naturalness, right?
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 29 July 2026
Definition of naturalness
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