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UNBOUNDED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
Example:
a limitless supply of money
Synonyms:
boundless; limitless; unbounded
Classified under:
Similar:
infinite (having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude)
Derivation:
unboundedness (the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit)
Context examples:
I was taking my coffee and roll in the morning, before going to the Commons—and I may observe in this place that it is surprising how much coffee Mrs. Crupp used, and how weak it was, considering—when Steerforth himself walked in, to my unbounded joy.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
These she explained to the unbounded satisfaction of the family,—children and all being then present,—and so much to the awakening of Mr. Micawber's punctual habits in the opening stage of all bill transactions, that he could not be dissuaded from immediately rushing out, in the highest spirits, to buy the stamps for his notes of hand.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
But, as I have recorded in the narrative of my school days, his veneration for the Doctor was unbounded; and there is a subtlety of perception in real attachment, even when it is borne towards man by one of the lower animals, which leaves the highest intellect behind.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I found that my services were constantly called into requisition for the falsification of business, and the mystification of an individual whom I will designate as Mr. W. That Mr. W. was imposed upon, kept in ignorance, and deluded, in every possible way; yet, that all this while, the ruffian—HEEP—was professing unbounded gratitude to, and unbounded friendship for, that much-abused gentleman.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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