as in loose
not bound, confined, or detained by force
a dog left unbound in the yard
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as in untied
to disengage the knotted parts of
unbind a rope
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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
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Recent Examples of unbound
Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Fantasmas, meanwhile, feels totally unbound by color.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
But such revelry for Cuba’s outcasts, for the first time allowed to be unbound, comes at an unthinkable price.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
For Mathieson, the restrictions of Scott’s approach are countered by the sense of liberation that comes from working for a director unbound by traditional film grammar.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Casa Batlló and Casa Milá give you a glimpse into the fluid thoughts and unbound creativity that make Gaudi’s works architectural wonders.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Fantasmas, meanwhile, feels totally unbound by color.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
But such revelry for Cuba’s outcasts, for the first time allowed to be unbound, comes at an unthinkable price.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
For Mathieson, the restrictions of Scott’s approach are countered by the sense of liberation that comes from working for a director unbound by traditional film grammar.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbound
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So, to shed light on this process, Li Hsia Yeo, a planetary scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, led a lab experiment observing the effects of simulated solar wind on two samples of loose regolith brought to Earth by the Apollo 17 mission.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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With an upright growth habit and loose, open canopy, oleander makes a graceful evergreen hedge in USDA zones 8-10.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2025
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But she’s also been freed in a way.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The Kremlin on Thursday freed Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American ballerina sentenced to 12 years in prison for donating to a Ukrainian charity, in exchange for a man accused of funneling military-grade electronics from the United States to Russia’s armed forces.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Officers were able to squeeze the animal’s head free from the grate after about 20 minutes, police said.—
Don Sweeney,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2025
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This accounted for just 3 percent of heating fires overall, but these led to more than 40 percent of fatalities, in part because portable heaters tend to be placed precisely where people live and sleep, and because the resulting fires are far more likely to be unconfined.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
24 Mar. 2025
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But even with this extensive network, there still is a need for improvements to address data gaps and enhance the representation of different aquifers, both in confined and unconfined conditions.—
Claire Marks,
Austin American-Statesman,
27 Aug. 2024
Verb
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That stance loosened about 15 years ago, primarily in baseball.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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In 2020, officials loosened the program's rules as pandemic lockdowns took effect — which prosecutors assert left the door open for abuse.—
Kyle Stokes,
Axios,
19 Mar. 2025
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Speculation that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are on the hook ramped up recently after the Treasury Department released a roadmap for how removing the two entities from conservatorship would work.—
Christopher White,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2025
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He was released from prison in October 2019.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2025
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In November 2022, a 28-year-old man who fell overboard from a Carnival Valor cruise ship was rescued off of Louisiana's southeast coast after treading water for nearly 20 hours.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
27 Dec. 2024
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Two were rescued from the water, and a third made it out of the water on their own.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC News,
26 Dec. 2024
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“Unbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbound. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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