unbound
adjective
un·bound
ˌən-ˈbau̇nd 
: 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
Examples of unbound in a Sentence
He dresses however he likes and feels unbound by convention.
a test to determine the amount of unbound iron in the blood
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Yet even as clients face existential troubles, the legal industry has remained strong, unbound by bull or bear markets.
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Liane Jackson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Back in 1835, another outsider, Alexis de Tocqueville, famously described Americans as uniquely unbound by tradition or group norms.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 May 2025
Now, Americans should assume the companies’ lucrative levers of surveillance and persuasion are at the disposal, if not outright service, of a vindictive president, who’s increasingly unbound by judicial and other checks on his power.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
So a hyperbolic, unbound object inherently has to be moving faster.
—Darryl Z. Seligman, The Conversation, 3 July 2025
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Liane Jackson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Back in 1835, another outsider, Alexis de Tocqueville, famously described Americans as uniquely unbound by tradition or group norms.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 May 2025
Now, Americans should assume the companies’ lucrative levers of surveillance and persuasion are at the disposal, if not outright service, of a vindictive president, who’s increasingly unbound by judicial and other checks on his power.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
So a hyperbolic, unbound object inherently has to be moving faster.
—Darryl Z. Seligman, The Conversation, 3 July 2025
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“Unbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbound. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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unbound
adjective
un·bound
ˌən-ˈbau̇nd
1
a
: not fastened or tied up
unbound hair
b
: not kept within bounds
unbound spirit
2
: not having a binding
an unbound book
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