unrestricted
Britishadjective
Explanation
When something is unrestricted, it means there are no restrictions placed on it. A restriction is a rule about a way that something can be used. If your parents give you a generous allowance with the restriction that a portion of it must be donated to charity and another portion saved, you might end up with less money than a friend who has a smaller, but unrestricted, allowance.
Vocabulary lists containing unrestricted
Excerpts from "Jacobson v. Massachusetts"
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We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
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Chapters 29–30
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Example Sentences
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When the child reaches adulthood, they receive the full balance as an unrestricted lump sum.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Its March 31 balance sheet showed $2 billion of unrestricted cash, along with a $3.2 billion payable for share repurchases, which it paid in April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
A third group ate an unrestricted diet that also included three daily servings of dairy.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
The US and Canada are the only two countries considered "developed" nations by the International Monetary Fund that grant mostly unrestricted birthright citizenship.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
On the plantation, she was not free, but she moved unrestricted on its acres, tasting the air and tracing the summer stars.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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