uncontained

adjective un·con·tained \ ˌən-kən-ˈtānd \

Updated on: 7 May 2018

Definition of uncontained

: not restrained, checked, or controlled : not contained

uncontained mirth/joy

an uncontained explosion

Recent Examples of uncontained from the Web

While a National Transportation Safety Board investigation is still underway, NTSB officials confirmed that the uncontained engine failure aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 was the result of a fan blade breaking from a crack near the fan's hub.

— sean gallagher, Ars Technica, "Southwest Airlines protested airworthiness directive designed to prevent engine failures," 19 Apr. 2018
The blade flew outside of the engine in an uncontained failure causing engine parts to damage the wing, fuselage and breaking a cabin window.

— andy pasztor, WSJ, "Fan Blade, Engine Cover Are Factors in Southwest Flight 1380 Engine Failure," 19 Apr. 2018
The last time there was an uncontained engine failure in a U.S. plane was in Sioux City, Iowa in 1989.

— elizabeth weise, USA TODAY, "Airlines, including Southwest, are so safe it's hard to rank them by safety," 19 Apr. 2018
Investigators will also want to know if there is any relation between Tuesday's engine blowout and an uncontained engine failure that spewed shrapnel on a Southwest airplane cruising above the Gulf of Mexico in 2016, Sumwalt said.

— julie johnsson, chicagotribune.com, "Southwest rushes engine checks amid first-of-its-kind crisis," 18 Apr. 2018
The Rhea Fire, one of four major wildfires currently burning across Oklahoma, has claimed two lives so far, destroyed dozens of homes, and is expected to remain uncontained through the weekend.

— alan taylor, The Atlantic, "The Megafire Burning in Oklahoma," 18 Apr. 2018
Hundreds more firefighters joined the battle against the uncontained flames.

— Bloomberg.com, "Deadly California Wildfires Force Thousands to Evacuate," 11 Oct. 2017
Hundreds more firefighters joined the battle against the uncontained flames.

— Bloomberg.com, "Deadly California Wildfires Force Thousands to Evacuate," 11 Oct. 2017
That number is likely to prove a fractional estimate, not taking into account the damages from the uncontained fires still alight in southern California and not accounting for uninsured losses.

— annie lowrey, The Atlantic, "The Most Expensive Weather Year Ever," 20 Dec. 2017

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