unrestrained

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adjective un·re·strained \ ˌən-ri-ˈstrānd \

Definition of unrestrained

1 :not restrained :immoderate, uncontrolled

unrestrained proliferation of technology

2 :free of constraint :spontaneous

felt happy and unrestrained

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unrestrainedly

play \ˌən-ri-ˈstrā-nəd-lē\ adverb

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unrestrainedness

play \ˌən-ri-ˈstrā-nəd-nəs, -ˈstrān(d)-nəs\ noun

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Examples of unrestrained in a Sentence

The child in the car accident was unrestrained.
She was fined for driving with an unrestrained infant.

Recent Examples of unrestrained from the Web

Much of today's population was born when building and living on this volcano were completely unrestrained.

— chicagotribune.com, "Some 700,000 people are living illegally on Mount Vesuvius, and nobody has any idea what to do with them," 23 Aug. 2017
The pickup driver suffered minor injuries and a 7-year-old black labrador that was riding unrestrained in the back of the truck could not be found after the collision.

— karen kucher, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Man accused of DUI in crash that killed brother," 14 Aug. 2017
The unrestrained 70-year-old man, from Iowa, was riding in the back seat of the Durango and was ejected from the vehicle.

— ruth brown, idahostatesman, "Man thrown from vehicle onto I-84, hit by truck dies Friday," 11 Aug. 2017
Tullos was unrestrained in the front passenger seat of the Equinox and suffered fatal injuries.

— kim chatelain, NOLA.com, "Hammond man dies when car crashes into bulldozer," 27 July 2017
Now, however, there is as much market anxiety about Trump 's unrestrained Tweets and a hawkish White House response as there is about North Korean agitations.

— reuters, Fortune, "Trump Is Creating More Uncertainty in South Korea Than Any of Kim’s Missile Tests," 9 July 2017
Trump supporters responded with unrestrained glee to much of this: Trump was fighting back!

— ben shapiro, National Review, "No One Emerges from Trump’s Feud with the Media Looking Good," 5 July 2017
Thailand’s boom of the mid-1990s, fueled by unrestrained borrowing and a corrupt, lax finance system, collapsed on July 2, 1997, when the government devalued the baht.

— jerry harmer, The Seattle Times, "20 years on, scars from Asian financial meltdown linger," 28 June 2017
Their righteous anger, packed tight into small panels, balances out the unrestrained gorgeousness of her monumental paintings.

— lori waxman, chicagotribune.com, "This is what intersectional feminist art looks like," 21 June 2017

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