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Meanings of earthbound in English

Lacking wit or imagination.

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Usage of earthbound in English
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Unfortunately for Moyes, United's limits at the moment are far more earthbound.
The Guardian
2
They were indeed preparing for war, a vicious and bloods earthbound war.
Ender’s Game
3
But there's a new choice, one not restricted to an earthbound infrastructure.
Wired
4
Behind them, in grim pursuit, the small, earthbound figure of the stray.
The story of edgar sawtelle
5
Beyond that, houseboats can be just as ambitious as any earthbound structure.
Wired
6
Will the emancipated soul be less faithful than the souls still earthbound?
Remember the Alamo
7
The plane lurched forward, uncertain, earthbound, darting slightly left and right.
Nothing to lose
8
It's ultimately hard to see what exactly attracts the earthbound Josie to him.
Reuters
9
It is earthbound, but easy definition somehow dances out of reach.
The Guardian
10
In the earthbound world languishing among the ruins of thought, no.
Gratitude
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For all this effort, our vision of the heavens has remained obstinately earthbound.
The new yorker
12
They're civilians again, earthbound Johnny Punch-Clocks like the rest of us.
The Irish Times
13
The Aviator's more earthbound encounters include Hughes' acrimonious testimony before a congressional committee.
Wired
14
That there were fashions again was a function of being earthbound.
Cities in Flight
15
And what is that middle ground between earthbound man and divinity?
Turn left at the trojan horse: a would-be hero's american odysse...
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He didn't know how long Sherry Bishop would remain earthbound.
Haunted
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