earth·bound

1 [urth-bound]
adjective
1.
firmly set in or attached to the earth.
2.
limited to the earth or its surface.
3.
having only earthly interests.
4.
lacking in imagination or sophistication: earthbound prose.
Also, earth-bound.


Origin:
1595–1605; earth + -bound1

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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earth·bound

2 [urth-bound]
adjective
headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.
Also, earth-bound.


Origin:
1930–35; earth + -bound2

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earthbound (ˈɜːθˌbaʊnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  confined to the earth
2.  lacking in imagination; pedestrian or dull
3.  moving or heading towards the earth

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Example sentences
The bulk of research is spend on making earthbound solar more affordable.
Which often made for potent drama that triumphed over his often earthbound
  attempts at poetic dialogue.
The city, indeed, is riddled with places where divine and earthbound are said
  to have met.
Increasingly, earthbound observations are being backed up by satellite
  telescopes of various kinds.
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