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unˈlimited, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not limited or restricted in amount, extent, or degree:
a. Of power or authority, a rule, etc.
c1445Pecock Donet 129 Which gouernaunce in it silf is vnlimited and vnassigned to eny special tyme. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. i. (1912) 355 It must be an unlimited Monarchy. Ibid. xx. 472, I know thy power is not unlimited. 1644Hunton Vind. Treat. Monarchy v. 45 That the Power of the Monarch in this Frame is not unlimited. 1690[see prec.]. 1717Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess of Bristol 1 April, The unlimited power of these fellows. 1777Cook Third Voyage ii. xi. (1784) I. 406 The power of the king is unlimited. a1850J. C. Calhoun Wks. (1874) III. 234 Money is not only the sinew of war, but of politics, over which..it exercises almost unlimited control. Ibid. VI. 133 A government of unlimited powers.
b. In other applications.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. iv. (1912) 371 All such, whom..youth-like mindes did fill with unlimited desires. 1602Marston Antonio's Rev. iii. ii, The curse of Heaven raines In plagues unlimited through all his daies. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §18 The expences of the Court..[were] vast, and unlimited by the old good rules of economy. a1704T. Brown Praise Drunken. Wks. 1730 I. 35 Their highest excellency consists in having their will unlimited by any superior power. 1782Priestley Corrupt. Chr. I. ii. 158 The absolute and unlimited declarations of the divine mercy. 1846A. Marsh Father Darcy II. 149 My confidence in his talents and energy is unlimited. 1878Jevons Prim. Pol. Econ. 19 We never want an unlimited quantity of anything.
transf.1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. iii. ii. vi, So violent.. are the Limited Patriots and the Unlimited.
2. Not limited in number.
1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 308 Four Wives the Law tolerates, Concubines are unlimited.
3. Math. (See quots.)
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I. s.v., Unlimited Problem..is such a Problem in Mathematicks, as is capable of Infinite Solutions. 1843Penny Cycl. XXVI. 31/1 Unlimited,..is frequently used by mathematical writers, in the same manner as Indefinite, to avoid the entrance of the word Infinite. It is also used to describe a problem which may have an infinite number of answers, and which is called an unlimited problem.
4. Of a hydroplane: having no limit placed on its engine capacity. Also absol. as n. U.S.
[1953W. A. Shrader Fifty Yrs. of Flight 54 Fifth Annual All-American Air Races are held at Miami, Fla. In the free-for-all unlimited engine displacement race, James Wedell is the winner.] 1956Rudder Apr. 40/2 A dozen open regattas for unlimited inboard hydroplanes have been scheduled. 1959Yearbk. Amer. Power Boat Assoc. 165 Unlimited Hydroplanes shall be designated by the prefix letter ‘U’. 1962New Yorker 29 Sept. 102/2 The sleek-shaped unlimiteds, gaily painted like some archaic ‘flying circus’. 1972Collier's Encycl. Year Bk. 1971 521 Unlimiteds, those manta-ray shaped thunderboats that have over 200 mph on straightaways. 1976World Bk. Year Bk. 218 The national championship series for unlimited hydroplanes consisted of 10 races with $350,000 in purses. |