obegränsad

Obegränsad is a Swedish adjective meaning without limits or restrictions. It describes something that lacks boundaries in extent, duration, scope, or degree, and can be used for both concrete and abstract concepts. The term carries a strong sense of completeness or absolutism and is common in formal, academic, or literary contexts as well as in everyday language.

Etymology: The word is formed from the negating prefix o- attached to begränsad, itself from begränsa "to limit." Thus obegränsad literally means "not limited." The construction is productive in modern Swedish and can modify nouns directly (obegränsad frihet, obegränsad tillgång) or appear predicatively.

Usage and nuance: Obegränsad is typically used for a high degree of freedom or possibility, or to emphasize absence of constraints. It is stronger than synonyms such as gränslös or utan gränser. In everyday speech and marketing you may encounter phrases like obegränsad data or obegränsad tillgång, where the term signals unlimited provision or access.

See also: gränslös, utan gränser. Antonyms include begränsad and avgränsad; related concepts involve unlimited, boundless, and unbounded.