Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having no restrictions or controls.
  • adjective Having or seeming to have no boundaries; infinite.
  • adjective Without qualification or exception; absolute.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not limited; having no bounds; boundless.
  • Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions.
  • Unconfined; not restrained; not restricted.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not limited; having no bounds; boundless.
  • adjective Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions.
  • adjective Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted.
  • adjective (Math.) a problem which is capable of an infinite number of solutions.
  • adjective a kind of deep-well pump placed at the level of the water, and operated from above ground.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective limitless or without bounds; unrestricted

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective without reservation or exception
  • adjective that cannot be entirely consumed or used up
  • adjective having no limits in range or scope

Etymologies

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un- +‎ limited

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  • For only $15 per month per file server, an unlimited number of team members can access, share and save docs with unlimited* storage capacity.

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  • For only $15 per month per file server, an unlimited number of team members can access, share and save docs with unlimited* storage capacity.

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  • "Merely the term unlimited -- nothing else, certainly."

    The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

  • As well as helping customers compare speeds more accurately, Ofcom has also recommended that the term "unlimited" in advertising should be restricted to services with no usage caps at all.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • What I think is that we have to get rid of what we call the unlimited offers, which are not unlimited.

    Net Neutrality Creeps Into Europe 2010

  • What I think is that we have to get rid of what we call the unlimited offers, which are not unlimited.

    Net Neutrality Creeps Into Europe 2010

  • What I think is that we have to get rid of what we call the unlimited offers, which are not unlimited.

    Get Briefed: Didier Lombard 2010

  • What I think is that we have to get rid of what we call the unlimited offers, which are not unlimited.

    Transcript: Didier Lombard 2010

  • Springs, which he describes as unlimited in supply, clear, fresh, and running down the gully wherein it was situated for over twenty chains.

    The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Ernest Favenc 1876

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