unrestricted

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adjective

Not restricted or confined.

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveunrestricted (comparative more unrestricted, superlative most unrestricted)

comparative more unrestricted · superlative most unrestricted

  1. Not restricted or confined.

    The new fast lines are laid out for unrestricted speed through the station, as after electrification certain expresses may run non-stop between Euston and Birmingham.

    1962 June, David Walters, “The new station and layout at Coventry”, in Modern Railways, page 407
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    The extreme depth of these channels, and the insistence of the Board of Trade on a headway of 150 ft. for the unrestricted passage of large ships, necessitated a high bridge with two main spans, and a central pier on Inchgarvie.

    1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 147

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot subject to or subjected to restriction

Opposite

adjectivefree of restrictions on conduct

Similar

adjectivenot restricted or exclusive

adjectivenot restricted or modified in meaning

Similar

adjectivenever having had security classification

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishrestricted
  9. Englishunrestricted

From un- + restricted.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian неограниче́н
  • неограниче́н (neograničén)not restricted
Finnish rajoittamaton, vapaa
  • rajoittamatonnot restricted
  • vapaanot restricted
  • julkinenhaving no security classification
Hindi निर्बाध
  • निर्बाध (nirbādh)not restricted
Hungarian korlátlan, zavartalan
  • korlátlannot restricted
  • zavartalannot restricted
  • szabadnot restricted
  • korlátozatlannot restricted
  • feltételhez nem kötöttnot restricted
  • akadálytalannot restricted
  • korlátozás nélkülinot restricted
Romanian nerestricționat
  • nerestricționatnot restricted
Russian неограни́ченный
  • неограни́ченный (neograníčennyj)not restricted
Spanish irrestricto, no restringido
  • irrestrictonot restricted
  • no restringidonot restricted
Cite this entry
APA

unrestricted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrestricted

MLA

“unrestricted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrestricted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unrestricted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrestricted.

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