unrestricted

/ˈʌnrəˌstrɪktɪd/

/ənreˈstrɪktɪd/

Other forms: unrestrictedly

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.

Definitions of unrestricted

1. adjective

   not subject to or subjected to restriction
   synonyms:

   free

   able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

   all-weather

   usable or operative or practiced in all kinds of weather

   discretionary

   (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed

   open

   accessible to all

   open-plan

   (of rooms or buildings) having large rooms with few dividing partitions

   open-ended

   without fixed limits or restrictions

   antonyms:

   restricted

   subject to restriction or subjected to restriction

   classified

   official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation

   confined

   not free to move about

   unfree

   hampered and not free; not able to act at will

   circumscribed, limited

   subject to limits or subjected to limits

   closed

   not open to the general public

   off-limits, out-of-bounds

   barred to a designated group
2. adjective

   free of restrictions on conduct
   “I had unrestricted access”

   synonyms:

   free

   able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
3. adjective

   accessible to all
   synonyms: unexclusive

   public

   not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole
4. adjective

   never having had security classification
   synonyms: nonsensitive

   unclassified

   not subject to a security classification
5. adjective

   not restricted or modified in meaning
   “unrestricted verbs are usually stronger than those qualified by adverbs”

   synonyms:

   unmodified

   not changed in form or character