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unbound

  1. simple past and past participle of unbind

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unbound (not comparable)

  1. Not bound.
    1. Not obligated.
      Near-synonyms: unconstrained, unrestrained, unencumbered; unfettered, fetterless
      The terms of the contract inadvertently left certain unbound aspects to subjective interpretation.
    2. Not tied up.
      Near-synonyms: unfettered, fetterless, unrestrained, unchained, unshackled, shackleless, unmanacled, unhandcuffed
      The hostages' hands were left unbound.
    3. (of a book or document) Without a binding.
      an unbound book
      • 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 40:
        Beneath an old ebony table were two long carved oak chests. I lifted the lid of one, and at the top was a once-white surplice covered with dust, and beneath was a mass of tracts — Commonwealth Quartos, unbound — a prey to worms and decay.
    4. (nuclear physics, of an atomic nucleus) 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.
      Helium-2 is unbound, as it is energetically favorable for it to split into two separate protons.

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