UNRESERVED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unreserved mean? 

• UNRESERVED (adjective)
  The adjective UNRESERVED has 2 senses:

1. not reserved

2. not cautious or reticent

  Familiarity information: UNRESERVED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNRESERVED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not reserved

Similar:

first-come-first-serve; rush (not accepting reservations)

unbooked (not reserved in advance)

Antonym:

reserved (set aside for the use of a particular person or party)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not cautious or reticent

Context example:

unreserved behavior

Also:

demonstrative (given to or marked by the open expression of emotion)

uninhibited (not inhibited or restrained)

unrestrained (not subject to restraint)

Antonym:

reserved (marked by self-restraint and reticence)

 Context examples 

Elizabeth soon heard from her friend; and their correspondence was as regular and frequent as it had ever been; that it should be equally unreserved was impossible.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I saw a passing shadow on her face when I made this mention of him, but she returned my smile, and we were again as unreserved in our mutual confidence as of old.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Of his sense and his goodness, continued Elinor, no one can, I think, be in doubt, who has seen him often enough to engage him in unreserved conversation.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Here Catherine and Isabella, arm in arm, again tasted the sweets of friendship in an unreserved conversation; they talked much, and with much enjoyment; but again was Catherine disappointed in her hope of reseeing her partner.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

She had not waited her arrival to look out for a suitable match for her: she had fixed on Tom Bertram; the eldest son of a baronet was not too good for a girl of twenty thousand pounds, with all the elegance and accomplishments which Mrs. Grant foresaw in her; and being a warm-hearted, unreserved woman, Mary had not been three hours in the house before she told her what she had planned.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

He knows that he is a very handsome young man, and a great favourite wherever he goes; and from his general way of talking in unreserved moments, when there are only men present, I am convinced that he does not mean to throw himself away.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Nothing in my opinion has ever passed to justify doubt; no secrecy has been attempted; all has been uniformly open and unreserved.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

The next was in these words: I do not pretend to regret anything I shall leave in Hertfordshire, except your society, my dearest friend; but we will hope, at some future period, to enjoy many returns of that delightful intercourse we have known, and in the meanwhile may lessen the pain of separation by a very frequent and most unreserved correspondence.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Bingley had soon made himself acquainted with all the principal people in the room; he was lively and unreserved, danced every dance, was angry that the ball closed so early, and talked of giving one himself at Netherfield.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)