Owing no one any duty or thanks; free of any obligation.
〈正式〉无责任的；无义务的
Example sentencesExamples
As a minister and educator to the hill farmers of north Alabama, Pickens was unbeholden to Bourbon patronage, and he was soon to wield his own printing press.
It was an agenda that left him unbeholden to the political left or the right.
Within weeks of Elián's arrival in Florida, cyberspace was hosting myriad Eliáns on sites unbeholden to Cuban-U.S. antagonisms.
Only Asta, the child he brings up, can pierce his rebatative soul, but she wishes to live unbeholden to him.
Jeunet, who returned to France after an unsatisfying Hollywood stint on Alien: Resurrection, felt nostalgic himself for a golden age of French cinema unbeholden to the American movie juggernaut.
A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts.
So what would provoke an exceedingly individualistic, sufficiently unbeholden band to pledge such slavish devotion to a classic rock titan?
Your editorial today is a nicely written spray, which makes good use of your unbeholden position - a very timely contrast to The Age!
No props or assistance from outside myself: pure, intrinsic, unbeholden.