tethered

American  

[teth-erd] / ˈtɛð ərd /

adjective

1. fastened or confined with or as if with a rope, chain, or the like to limit the range of movement.

   On this field trip, students will have the opportunity to take a ride in a tethered hot-air balloon.

   Too many lawmakers are partisan, inept, or too lightly tethered to reality.

2. Digital Technology.  (of an electronic device) used to enable a wireless internet connection on another nearby device, often a laptop.

   You can browse the web more securely using a tethered phone, because your information is being sent directly through the phone rather than over a public wireless hotspot.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of tether.

Other Word Forms

• untethered adjective

Etymology

Origin of tethered

tether ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

An arbitrator ends the “reserve clause” that had tethered players to one employer for life, triggering the largest salary gains of any group of employees, anywhere—and changing labor practices in all U.S. sports.

From The Wall Street Journal

Taking steroids, he added, had been a "stupid decision of my own", adding that he was "tired of being tethered to this solution".

From BBC

If Hungary’s strongman prime minister, Viktor Orbán, remains firmly tethered to the Trumpist right and the cosplay intellectuals of the “national conservative” movement, he also looks to be sui generis in several ways.

From Salon

Our slow collective drift from one another isn’t just about screens, after all, but the endless micro-obligations that keep us tethered to them.

From The Wall Street Journal

Alternatively, a homeowner with a portable mortgage could be less tethered to a house that no longer suits their needs.

From Barron's

Related Words

• barred
• blocked
• closed
• confined
• controlled
• defined
• deprived
• prescribed
• reduced
• restrained
• secured
• shortened