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
Karen Palmer
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Last year, Yang began to use analog simulations to tackle how the strong force might have behaved during some of the universe’s very earliest moments, when the quarks and gluons that later became bound up in hadrons may have existed as an unbound soup, called quark-gluon plasma.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
On July 8, New Mexico’s Rio Ruidoso unbound from its banks for the second year in a row and swelled to 20 times its typical knee-high depth.
—Austyn Gaffney, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
These objects, unlike the planets of the solar system, were also unbound to a star and therefore free-floating in the universe.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 July 2025
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Adjective
Ideas flow when the body is occupied but the mind is unbound.
—Karen Palmer
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Last year, Yang began to use analog simulations to tackle how the strong force might have behaved during some of the universe’s very earliest moments, when the quarks and gluons that later became bound up in hadrons may have existed as an unbound soup, called quark-gluon plasma.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
On July 8, New Mexico’s Rio Ruidoso unbound from its banks for the second year in a row and swelled to 20 times its typical knee-high depth.
—Austyn Gaffney, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
These objects, unlike the planets of the solar system, were also unbound to a star and therefore free-floating in the universe.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbound
Adjective
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Dallas Lincoln guard Ar'Jayla Elder (5), left, eyes a loose ball as well as Fredericksburg guard Rilyn Grona (0) during first quarter action.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
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But that hustle, that desire to dive for a loose ball, that remains.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Eventually, a soldier came and returned my ID, removed the blindfold, untied me, and ordered me to go south immediately.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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Romero said their hands were eventually untied and they were ultimately released.—
Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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There was no sign former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted in the military takeover in 2021 and has been held virtually incommunicado since then, would be freed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Police reinvestigating the cold case brought him in for questioning in 2017 and charged him with murder, but the case was discontinued, and he was again freed.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Oweh had a breakout season in the aftermath of his midseason trade from Baltimore and is considered one of the top defensive players set to be available in free agency.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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In a nice touch, all reseller plans use NVMe storage, LiteSpeed web servers, 30-day backups, free SSL certificates for all clients, malware scanning and removal, and firewalls for enhanced security.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Kelce unfastened the clasp on another necklace and then a third, before Chris Jones, his teammate for a decade, walked over and approached him.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Chicago visitors will also see items never before displayed publicly, including a letter Anne’s father, Otto Frank, wrote in 1945, after being liberated from Auschwitz.—
Eva Remijan-Toba,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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If not liberated, Iranians woke up on Sunday to a stark new reality, as Iranian authorities confirmed that the sweeping round of strikes had killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with a cadre of other top officials.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Another unconfined delegation that should be subject to judicial scrutiny is provided by the Civil Rights Restoration Act, passed by the Democrats over President Ronald Reagan’s veto, which established the government’s power to arbitrarily withhold funding from universities.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
1 June 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
Verb
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In the past, Iranian leaders have loosened certain social restrictions after major crises to ease domestic pressure.—
Imtiaz Tyab,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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However, if Mars has its own defenses, then things might be a little less worrisome from a planetary protection perspective, and constraints on future missions could be loosened.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Unbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbound. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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