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paperbound

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From paper + bound.

adjective more paperbound · most paperbound · paper-bound

  1. not comparable, of a book Having flexible covers; paperback; softcovered. Last week in collaboration with his longtime associate, Frederick Shelton, Editor Kiplinger published a paperbound booklet called Inflation Ahead!—What to do about it.
  2. comparable Involving or burdened by excessive administrative requirements, especially in the form of paperwork. The company has turned to In Touch to automate what had been a paperbound process.

    Similar: bureaucratic

noun paperbounds · paper-bound

  1. dated A paperback book. Few book budgets can stretch enough to provide for the desired duplicates, but the paperbounds cost so little that by using them heavy duplication is possible. We also find them useful for duplication of titles that have only occasional demand.

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@misc{paperbound_2026,
  title = {paperbound},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paperbound},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}