unbound
/ʌnˈbaʊnd/ adjective
Also a form of unbind
- adjective Not obligated. “The terms of the contract inadvertently left certain unbound aspects to subjective interpretation.”
- adjective Not tied up. “The hostages' hands were left unbound.”
- adjective (of a book or document) Without a binding. “an unbound book”
- adjective (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.”
Synonyms
unconstrained unrestrained unencumbered unfettered fetterless unchained unshackled shackleless unmanacled unhandcuffed
Antonyms
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “unbound”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details