单词 | unrestrictive |
释义 | unrestrictive (once / 844237 pages) adj Unrestrictive things are loose, lax, or unstructured. You might be jealous of your best friend's unrestrictive household, but remember that your parents probably have good reasons for limiting your TV time and setting a curfew. An unrestrictive environment is one that doesn't come with a lot of limitations — it's "lax," "unsupervised," or "unstructured." This might be okay for free time, free association, or free jazz, but it probably isn't such a great idea when you're teaching, say, rocket science, electrical wiring, or space shuttle navigation. WORD FAMILYrestrictive: nonrestrictive, restrictively, restrictiveness, unrestrictive+/restrict: derestrict, restricted, restricting, restriction, restrictive, restricts/restricted: restrictedly, unrestricted/restriction: restrictions/unrestricted: unrestrictedly USAGE EXAMPLESMore than half the states have very unrestrictive gun laws. New York Times(Oct 24, 2016) Otherwise, Illinois abortion laws are considered unrestrictive compared with other states, and public funding is available for medically necessary abortions. Washington Times(Jun 26, 2015) Otherwise, Illinois abortion laws are considered unrestrictive compared to other states’, and public funding is available for medically necessary abortions. Washington Times(Jun 07, 2015) adj not tending to restrict Syn|Ant emancipative tending to set free nonrestrictivenot limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase restrictive serving to restrict confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restrictingrestricting the scope or freedom of action inhibitory, repressing, repressiverestrictive of action limitingstrictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase regulative, regulatoryrestricting according to rules or principles sumptuaryregulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior suppressivetending to suppress |
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