unpledged en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English pledged English unpledged From un- + pledged.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not pledged; not committed.
That has provided Mr. Obama with the opportunity, which he plans to seize in a more full-throated way starting on Wednesday, to argue that voters across a wide cross-section of the country have embraced his candidacy, and that the time has come for the group that could hold the balance of power, those 796 unpledged superdelegates — party leaders and elected officials who have an automatic seat at the national convention — to follow suit.
2008 February 13, Adam Nagourney, “With Surge in Momentum, Obama Makes His Case”, in New York Times:
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(not-comparable) Not used as collateral.
With no unpledged assets and low profitability, the business could get no further financing.