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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unlimited
adj
  1. having no limits in range or scope; "to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism"- Philip Rahv; "the limitless reaches of outer space"
    Synonym(s): unlimited, limitless
    Antonym(s): limited
  2. without reservation or exception
    Synonym(s): outright, straight- out, unlimited
  3. that cannot be entirely consumed or used up; "an inexhaustible supply of coal"
    Synonym(s): inexhaustible, unlimited
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unlimited \Un*lim"it*ed\, a.
      1. Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited
            expanse of ocean.
  
      2. Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions;
            as, unlimited terms. [bd]Nothing doth more prevail than
            unlimited generalities.[b8] --Hooker.
  
      3. Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted.
  
                     Ascribe not unto God such an unlimited exercise of
                     mercy as may destroy his justice.      --Rogers.
  
      {Unlimited problem} (Math.), a problem which is capable of an
            infinite number of solutions.
  
      {Unlimited pump}, a kind of deep-well pump placed at the
            level of the water, and operated from above ground. --
            {Un*lim"it*ed*ly}, adv. -- {Un*lim"it*ed*ness}, n.
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