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rule-bound

rule-bound is the alternative form of rulebound.

Meaning of rulebound

Adjective

rulebound (comparative more rulebound, superlative most rulebound)

  1. Bound by rules; rigidly uncompromising.
    • Reality television is pretty rulebound, and it works by upsets.2007 January 6, Virginia Heffernan, “Hey, Young Writers, That’s Mr. Rolling Stone to You”, in New York Times

Forms of rule-bound

comparativemore rule-bound
superlativemost rule-bound

Questions about rule-bound

What is rule-bound the alternative form of?
Rule-bound is the alternative form of rulebound.

Words near rule-bound in the dictionary

  1. rule utilitarianism
  2. rule with a rod of iron
  3. rule-based
  4. rule-book
  5. rule-books
  6. rule-bound
  7. rule-breaker
  8. rule-follower
  9. rule-followers
  10. rule-monger
  11. rule-mongers

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