unrestrictedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈstrɪktᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈstrɪktᵻd/ Not restricted; unlimited.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective]
freeeOE
unneedc1175
easyc1200
untiedc1374
unhemmeda1400
largec1400
unrefraineda1500
rampanta1540
unmuzzleda1541
unyoked1573
yokeless1584
licensed1593
unbound1593
wild1599
broad1604
fetterless1604
unconfined1607
ungyved1607
ungaged?1617
unboundeda1625
unfettereda1631
vagabond1635
unmanacled1686
unrestricted1750
haggard-wild1786
unconstrained1796
unshackled1796
chainless1816
rioty1819
untethered1826
unwithholdena1834
bondless1845
fancy-loose1850
constraintless1865
unpressured1879
undammed1896
balls-to-the-wall1967
balls-out1968
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > not restricted or limited
unrestrained1600
unbounded1608
undetermined1627
negative1678
irrestrictive1709
unrestricted1750
unshackled1776
wide open1858
1750 R. Morris Rural Archit. Introd. sig. B3v The Starts and Sallies of an unrestricted Genius may inadvertently lose Sight of Nature.
1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy xvii His military power and unrestricted authority.
1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone iv. 68 Happy as others of her kind, That,..Range—unrestricted as the wind.
1854 G. W. Röhner Pract. Treat. Mus. Composition iii. 197 Unrestricted Canon is founded upon a melodic subject which [etc.].
1884 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 525 The unrestricted intermeddling of the State.
1933 D. Grinnell-Milne Wind in Wires i. ii. 96 The wretched man in this box had..an unrestricted forward view.
1986 C. H. Builder in S. J. Cimbala Strategic War Termination viii. 173 World War II may have been the last global war in which the developed nations could afford to engage in unrestricted warfare.
2010 Sun (Nexis) 31 May 36 We divorced two years ago and my ex has had unrestricted access to the kids.
Derivatives
ˌunreˈstrictedly adv.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adverb] > without restriction
unrestrictedly1791
1791 C. Hamilton tr. Hedàya IV. l. i. 332 As this precept is thus unrestrictedly expressed, it therefore comprehends all cases.
1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. 195 To him, every discovery..is unrestrictedly unfolded.
1974 J. Brennan Parker Ranch of Hawaii (1979) ix. 134 Cattle had roamed unrestrictedly in open, wild country in the past.
2005 Guardian 5 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) 7/3 All kerbs, bollards and barriers will be swept away, and cars and people will mingle unrestrictedly.
ˌunreˈstrictedness n.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun]
freedomOE
freenesslOE
libertya1393
licence?a1400
wilfulnessc1460
immunity1549
latitude1605
voluntariness1612
liberum arbitrium1642
free agencya1646
libertinism1649
unrestrainedness1698
unrestraint1755
relaxity1759
head1804
laissez-aller1818
unrestrictedness1825
uninhibitedness1947
1825 R. A. Armstrong Gaelic Dict. i. 271/2 Fuasgailteachd, looseness, licentiousness; unrestrictedness, freedom.
1832 Christian Observer Mar. 174 No practical evil [has] arisen from the unrestrictedness of its rules.
1943 Philos. Rev. 52 253 Is there any difference between a scientific and a metaphysical theory..? None except the difference between restrictedness and unrestrictedness.
2009 Statesville (N. Carolina) Record & Landmark 4 July He..has come to appreciate the unrestrictedness of the nation [sc. the United States].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1750