unconstrained
adjective
un·con·strained
ˌən-kən-ˈstrānd 
: not held back or constrained
unconstrained ambition
unconstrained expressions of grief
people unconstrained by financial worries
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Small-cap and value stocks with low P/E ratios and high beta also screen as top performers, in both sector-neutral and unconstrained assessments.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
These fundamentals have driven the Republican Party at both the mass and elite levels to be ideologically extreme and antidemocratic and to embrace unconstrained unilateralism as the prime means of controlling and diminishing the progressive administrative state.
—Terry M. Moe, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
This isn’t a question of value, obviously; Jokić might be worth double this in an unconstrained marketplace.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 7 July 2025
In Northern Virginia, for example, a December study suggested that unconstrained data center growth is likely to increase power costs in the state by as much as $18 billion by 2040, with residential and other ratepaying customers sharing that cost due to the current ratepaying system.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
These fundamentals have driven the Republican Party at both the mass and elite levels to be ideologically extreme and antidemocratic and to embrace unconstrained unilateralism as the prime means of controlling and diminishing the progressive administrative state.
—Terry M. Moe, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
This isn’t a question of value, obviously; Jokić might be worth double this in an unconstrained marketplace.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 7 July 2025
In Northern Virginia, for example, a December study suggested that unconstrained data center growth is likely to increase power costs in the state by as much as $18 billion by 2040, with residential and other ratepaying customers sharing that cost due to the current ratepaying system.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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“Unconstrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unconstrained. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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