earthbound

or earth-bound

[ urth-bound ]

/ ˈɜrθˌbaʊnd /

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adjective

firmly set in or attached to the earth.

limited to the earth or its surface.

having only earthly interests.

lacking in imagination or sophistication: earthbound prose.

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Origin of earthbound

First recorded in 1595–1605; earth + -bound¹

Words nearby earthbound

Eartha, earth almond, earth art, earth auger, earthborn, earthbound, earth closet, Earth Day, earthen, earthenware, Earth, evolution of

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earthbound²

or earth-bound

[ urth-bound ]

/ ˈɜrθˌbaʊnd /

adjective

headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.

Origin of earthbound

First recorded in 1930–35; earth + -bound²

How to use earthbound in a sentence

Cree First Nations people, for example, once believed they were the spirits of the dead trying to communicate with their earthbound loved ones.
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The supernova that is gymnast Simone Biles has been explaining a phenomenon called “the twisties” for we who are more earthbound creatures.
Simone Biles and Why We All Get the 'Twisties' (Even If We Can't Fly)|Susanna Schrobsdorff|August 2, 2021|Time
This wordless, music-less, but not gruntless, film details the daily farm life of a mother pig, the Gunda of the title, who, after giving birth to a passel of little squigglies, cares for them with a kind of earthbound tenderness.
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Theoretically, Ravn X could depart from an airport, deliver its payload to space, return back to the airport to be reloaded with a filled cargo module, then take off again for earthbound deliveries.
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Scooter Braun came across an earthbound angel on YouTube in 2008.
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But let us return to non-fiction, the knowable world, and frankly earthbound thoughts.
Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley|John Garth|November 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Sally carried the dreams of her earthbound sisters with grace and good humor.
Lynn Sherr: Sally Ride’s Heroic and Trailblazing Life as an Astronaut|Lynn Sherr|July 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Both the winged feathered kind, and the earthbound humanoids, waiting to be plucked.
Why Smart People Are Dumb|Morley Safer|February 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Only earthbound creatures—like the star-fish, for instance—become all they can become in this sphere; man's soul must evolve.
Browning's Heroines|Ethel Colburn Mayne
He is far away in his dreamings now, without a thought for his earthbound fellow-creatures.
Egholm and his God|Johannes Buchholtz
He saw that he was in the compartment of an interstellar ship and he knew that it was Earthbound.
--And Devious the Line of Duty|Tom Godwin
Will the emancipated soul be less faithful than the souls still earthbound?
Remember the Alamo|Amelia E. Barr
The big moon, no longer smoking in the earthbound haze, had risen into the clear dominion of the upper sky.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for earthbound

earthbound

/ (ˈɜːθˌbaʊnd) /

adjective

confined to the earth

lacking in imagination; pedestrian or dull

moving or heading towards the earth

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earthbound

or earth-bound

Origin of earthbound

Words nearby earthbound

Other definitions for earthbound (2 of 2)

or earth-bound

Origin of earthbound

Words related to earthbound

How to use earthbound in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for earthbound