unhobble en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + hobble.
Meanings
- (transitive) To remove hobbles from (a horse).
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(figuratively, transitive) To unhinder, remove obstacles.
(It also highlights the central role of algorithmic progress: the ~0.5 OOMs/year of compute efficiencies, already significant, are only part of the story, and put together with unhobbling algorithmic progress overall is maybe even a majority of the gains on the current trend.)
2024, Leopold Aschenbrenner, Situational Awareness, page 32:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unhobbling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unhobbles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unhobbled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unhobbled | Tense=Past | lexicographic |