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unrestrained

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eɪnd
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Adjective

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unrestrained (comparative more unrestrained, superlative most unrestrained)

  1. immoderate; not restrained or held in check; inordinate (literary).
    Synonyms: lavish, wanton; see also Thesaurus:excessive
    Antonyms: moderate, restrained
    The party was a scene of unrestrained debauchery.
  2. spontaneous, natural and informal; unconstrained
    Synonyms: genuine, heartfelt, sincere
    Antonyms: forced, insincere, restrained, rigid, stiff
    Their meeting was one of unrestrained joy.
  3. Not subject to physical restraint.
    Synonyms: unbound, unconstrained
    Antonyms: bound, constrained, restrained
    Hyponyms: uncaged, unchained
    • 2009, Russell Colling, Tony W. York, Hospital and Healthcare Security, page 346:
      Managing unrestrained prisoners alone in any environment is inherently dangerous and should not be tolerated.
    • 2021 December 29, Dominique Louis, “Causal analysis: crashworthiness at Sandilands”, in RAIL, number 947, page 32:
      In an accident there will often be injuries, as people are unrestrained. But in the case of Sandilands, I don't think anyone would have foreseen the seven deaths and 62 injuries that occurred when the tram overturned [...].

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Verb

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unrestrained

  1. simple past and past participle of unrestrain

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