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单词 unbound
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unbound

adjective

un·​bound ˌən-ˈbau̇nd How to pronounce unbound (audio)
: not bound: such as
a(1)
: not fastened
(2)
: not confined
b
: not having the leaves fastened together
an unbound book
c
: not bound together with other issues
unbound periodicals
d
: not held in chemical or physical combination

Synonyms

  • footloose
  • free
  • loose
  • unconfined
  • unrestrained
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Example Sentences

He dresses however he likes and feels unbound by convention. a test to determine the amount of unbound iron in the blood
Recent Examples on the Web Any reference to rooming houses augured a poor grade, because rooming houses filled up with people unbound from conventional nuclear families. WIRED, 25 Aug. 2022 The unbound pages of Höcker’s album were donated to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2007 by a dying World War II American counterintelligence officer, who chose to remain anonymous. San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2022 But his unbound sound also cultivated an air of forgiveness, an allowance of imperfection that only amplified the humanity of the music, while mitigating the distance one can sometimes feel at the foothills of the Fourth. Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022 To be free is to be empowered and, unbound, Black people seem to scare this world. Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022 The creature, unbound and apparently alone, has careened around a bend and is barreling toward you, eyes wild and tongue out. Mark Remy, Outside Online, 12 Oct. 2018 Shooting the film this way allows the story to feel raw and unbound — like Josephine Decker’s early projects — even though the director is always in control. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2022 Mad men, unbound by reality and a survival instinct, might also choose nuclear war. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2022 By-the-glass options give me freedom to be whimsical, unbound by the barriers of business. Bon Appétit, 8 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

unbound 1 of 2

adjective

as in loose
not bound, confined, or detained by force a dog left unbound in the yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • loose
  • free
  • unconfined
  • unrestrained
  • escaped
  • unfettered
  • at large
  • at liberty
  • unchained
  • footloose
  • undone
  • unleashed
  • clear
  • untied
  • uncaged
  • unfastened
  • unanchored
  • uncaught
  • disengaged
  • unbolted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • bound
  • confined
  • restrained
  • unfree
  • caught
  • chained
  • fettered
  • imprisoned
  • caged
  • enclosed
  • inclosed
  • immured
  • leashed
  • manacled
  • tied
  • anchored
  • bolted
  • penned
  • fastened
  • shackled
  • kidnapped
  • kidnaped
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unbound

2 of 2

verb

past tense of unbind
1
as in untied
to disengage the knotted parts of unbind a rope

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • untied
  • unfastened
  • loosened
  • unlashed
  • undid
  • unwound
  • unlaced
  • disentangled
  • unbraided
  • loosed
  • untangled
  • raveled
  • unraveled
  • ravelled
  • unsnarled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • bound
  • tied
  • fastened
  • knotted
  • lashed
  • wound
  • braided
  • laced
  • tangled
  • entangled
  • snarled
  • interweaved
  • winded
  • interwove
  • interlaced
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2
as in freed
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) a newly elected democratic government whose first act was to unbind the nation's vast horde of political prisoners

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • freed
  • liberated
  • unfettered
  • unchained
  • released
  • rescued
  • uncaged
  • loosened
  • emancipated
  • loosed
  • enfranchised
  • disenthralled
  • manumitted
  • saved
  • turned loose
  • sprang
  • enlarged
  • sprung
  • discharged
  • unshackled
  • disencumbered
  • disenthraled
  • ransomed
  • disentangled
  • paroled
  • extricated
  • redeemed
  • disengaged
  • delivered
  • bailed (out)
  • disembarrassed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • bound
  • confined
  • fettered
  • restrained
  • shackled
  • enchained
  • handcuffed
  • imprisoned
  • locked (up)
  • incarcerated
  • manacled
  • committed
  • trammelled
  • jailed
  • enslaved
  • trammeled
  • interned
  • subjugated
  • subdued
  • conquered
  • immured
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