Definition of "earthbound" [earthbound]

• Fastened in or to the soil: earthbound roots. (adjective)
• Attached or confined to the earth or to earthly concerns: an earthbound existence. (adjective)
• Unimaginative; ordinary. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Outside, she'll be in your environment: earthbound, which is foreign to her."
• "Others improvised a kind of earthbound breaststroke."
• "Right now, Kidman's look has taken her beyond the shoals of representing that kind of earthbound experience."