unbound

[uhn-bound]

un·bound

[uhn-bound]
verb
1.
simple past tense and past participle of unbind.
adjective
2.
not bound, as a book.
3.
free; not attached, as by a chemical bond: unbound electrons.

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Origin:
before 900; (adj.) Middle English unbounde, unbunden, Old English unbunden; see un-1, bound1

unbound, unbounded.
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un·bind

[uhn-bahynd]
verb (used with object), un·bound, un·bind·ing.
1.
to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.
2.
to unfasten or loose, as a bond or tie.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English unbinden, Old English unbindan; cognate with German entbinden. See un-2, bind
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unbound (ʌnˈbaʊnd)
 
vb
1.  the past tense and past participle of unbind
 
adj
2.  (of a book) not bound within a cover
3.  not restrained or tied down by bonds
4.  (of a morpheme) able to form a word by itself; free

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