as in rampant
showing no signs of being under control
a case that was solved only because of one detective's unbridled determination to bring the killer to justice
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Recent Examples of unbridled
Friday’s performance—with Guerrero conducting from memory and mouthing along with the chorus — sounded as dotingly prepared as the rest of the program, but with an unbridled emotional palette.
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
The Rolls-Royce Corniche had soon become a global symbol of sumptuous indulgence and unbridled excess; the automotive equivalent of lighting a Cuban cigar with a hundred-dollar bill.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2025
The president’s unbridled gilt reflects his unbridled greed.
—Maureen Dowd, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2025
The third component to Worksport’s unbridled success is its delve into leaving a clean-tech footprint through its subsidiary, Terravis Energy, who have developed AetherLux™, a breakthrough residential heat pump featuring patented ZeroFrost™ technology.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
The Rolls-Royce Corniche had soon become a global symbol of sumptuous indulgence and unbridled excess; the automotive equivalent of lighting a Cuban cigar with a hundred-dollar bill.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2025
The president’s unbridled gilt reflects his unbridled greed.
—Maureen Dowd, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2025
The third component to Worksport’s unbridled success is its delve into leaving a clean-tech footprint through its subsidiary, Terravis Energy, who have developed AetherLux™, a breakthrough residential heat pump featuring patented ZeroFrost™ technology.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbridled
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This rampant, unauthorized AI use degrades the educational experience of individual students who overly rely on the technology and those who wish to avoid using it.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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Speculation remains rampant that those three ACC schools will leave that league before the end of this decade for the SEC or Big Ten.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Sep. 2025
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Then, uncontrolled, jerky movements develop as well as vision loss, dementia, and seizures.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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While viral replication results in uncontrolled production of a large amounts of the protein, the way it’s produced by the mRNA vaccine is very different.—
Deborah Fuller,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Unbridled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbridled. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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