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Another word for self-contained

Adjective

  1. Free from the influence, guidance, or control of others

    2. See also:

    dependence

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Another word for self-contained

Modifier

  1. Austere

    2. See also:

    reserved

  2. Independent

    3. See also:

    whole

    free

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Sentence Examples

  • A self-contained 'city', aircraft carriers aren't the speediest things afloat, but can transport a fleet of fighters to whatever part of the world they might be required.

  • When you read the old newspapers and see the ads, you realize how self-contained Ouray was back then.

  • It was proposed now to establish a more numerous hierarchy, self-contained within the limits of Burgundian rule, with three archbishops and fifteen diocesans.

  • They are of two kinds: (I) those in which the motive power and lifting gear are self-contained on the crab; and (2) those in which the motive power is placed in a fixed position.

  • The English and Irish provinces are treated as self-contained.

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