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Past tense of unbind

irregular verb

The past tense of unbind is unbound. The past participle is also unbound.

Forms of unbind

Base form (V1)unbind /ʌnˈbaɪnd/
Past tense (V2)unbound /ʌnˈbaʊnd/
Past participle (V3)unbound /ʌnˈbaʊnd/
Present participleunbinding
Third person singularunbinds

Unbound in a sentence

  • The terms of the contract inadvertently left certain unbound aspects to subjective interpretation.From the entry unbound
  • Helium-2 is unbound, as it is energetically favorable for it to split into two separate protons.From the entry unbound
  • The hostages' hands were left unbound.From the entry unbound
  • In this scenario, unbound proteins are predominantly in the ligand-free ("apo") structure.2009 January 30, Robert B. Best, Gerhard Hummer, “BIOCHEMISTRY: Unfolding the Secrets of Calmodulin”, in Science. From the entry apo
  • Again the unbound antibodies were removed by three rinses in 10% blotto for 15 minutes.2006, Kimberly Kay Kutz-Naber, Mass Spectral Characterization of Neuropeptides in Cancer Crabs: Method Development and Biological…. From the entry blotto

Meaning of unbind

  1. verb To take bindings off.
  2. verb To set free from a debt, contract or promise.
  3. verb To disable some kind of connection in software, such as a key binding.

Full definition of unbind

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Questions about the past tense of unbind

What is the past tense of unbind?
The past tense of unbind is unbound.
What is the past participle of unbind?
The past participle of unbind is unbound.
Is unbind a regular or irregular verb?
Unbind is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unbind (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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