Definition of "untethered" []

• Not tethered; not tied down (adjective)
• Unrestrained (adjective)

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• "I began reading, untethered from the computer, using the Handspring Visor and then the iPaq 4700 which I recall paying approximately the same amount that I did for the iPad."
• "And you are untethered from the economic ups and downs — and whims — of a traditional employer."
• "It is pretty unbelievably amazing. #3 – a free floating spacewalk has pictures of a guy untethered from the ship about 100 meters from it."