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UNLIMITED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
That cannot be entirely consumed or used up
Example:
an inexhaustible supply of coal
Synonyms:
inexhaustible; unlimited
Classified under:
Similar:
infinite (having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having no limits in range or scope
Example:
the limitless reaches of outer space
Synonyms:
limitless; unlimited
Classified under:
Similar:
bottomless (having no apparent limits or bounds)
oceanic (resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree)
untrammeled; untrammelled (not confined or limited)
Antonym:
limited (small in range or scope)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Without reservation or exception
Synonyms:
outright; straight-out; unlimited
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unqualified (not limited or restricted)
Context examples:
Her father, instead of giving her an unlimited order on his banker, or even putting an hundred pounds bank-bill into her hands, gave her only ten guineas, and promised her more when she wanted it.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
"Mr. Rivers," I said, turning to him, and looking at him, as he looked at me, openly and without diffidence, "you and your sisters have done me a great service—the greatest man can do his fellow-being; you have rescued me, by your noble hospitality, from death. This benefit conferred gives you an unlimited claim on my gratitude, and a claim, to a certain extent, on my confidence. I will tell you as much of the history of the wanderer you have harboured, as I can tell without compromising my own peace of mind—my own security, moral and physical, and that of others.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
