timebound

English

Etymology

time +‎ bound

Adjective

timebound (comparative more timebound, superlative most timebound)

  1. Attached to a certain moment or era in time.
    • 2007 August 19, Christine Kenneally, “Thinking Out Loud”, in New York Times‎:
      Because speech is timebound and words can come only one after the other, the way we stall, stumble and start again provides clues to the way we render thought with sound.
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