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simple past and past participle of unbindform-ofparticiplepast
unbound
.ʌn'baund4 senses · 71 ms
Level C2
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Not bound.; Not obligated.not-comparable
- Near-synonyms: unconstrained, unrestrained, unencumbered; unfettered, fetterless
- The terms of the contract inadvertently left certain unbound aspects to subjective interpretation.
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Not bound.; Not tied up.not-comparable
- Near-synonyms: unfettered, fetterless, unrestrained, unchained, unshackled, shackleless, unmanacled, unhandcuffed
- The hostages' hands were left unbound.
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Not bound.; Without a binding.not-comparable
- an unbound book
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Not bound.; Lying beyond the proton or neutron drip line; having a negative particle separation energy; capable of decaying by the spontaneous exothermic emission of one or more nucleons.not-comparable
- Helium-2 is unbound, as it is energetically favorable for it to split into two separate protons.