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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNBOUND', a.
1. Not bound; loose; wanting a cover; as unbound books.
2. Not bound by obligation or covenant.
3. pret. of unbind.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not secured within a cover; "an unbound book" [ant: bound]
2: not restrained or tied down by bonds [ant: bound]
3: not held in chemical or physical combination

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: before 12th century not bound: as a. (1) not fastened (2) not confined b. not having the leaves fastened together <an unbound book> c. not bound together with other issues <unbound periodicals> d. not held in chemical or physical combination

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. adj. 1 not bound or tied up. 2 unconstrained. 3 a (of a book) not having a binding. b having paper covers. 4 (of a substance or particle) in a loose or free state. 2. past and past part. of UNBIND.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unbind Un*bind", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unbound; p. pr. & vb. n. Unbinding.] [AS. unbindan. See Un-, and Bind.] To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unbound Un*bound", imp. & p. p. of Unbind.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Unbound is the past tense and past participle of unbind.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Untied, unfastened, loose. 2. Without a cover (as a book). 3. Untrammelled, uncontrolled, unrestrained, unchecked, unconfined, unrestricted, free.

Moby Thesaurus

absolute, adrift, afloat, clear, delivered, emancipated, extricated, floating, free, freed, full, illimitable, liberated, limitless, loose, no strings, on parole, open, perfect, plenary, redeemed, released, rescued, rickety, shaky, unanchored, unbounded, uncensored, unchained, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconfined, undone, unequivocal, unfastened, unfettered, unfixed, ungagged, unlimited, unmeasured, unmuzzled, unqualified, unrestricted, unshackled, unstuck, untied, wide-open, without strings