uncaught

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Recent Examples of uncaught Women and children of the city are living in a state of terror, fearing that the fiend, if uncaught, will commit other outrages in this city. Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025 The Cubs carried a two-run lead into the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres, owners of the best record in baseball, when everything started to unravel after an uncaught fly ball. Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025 From demons to death cults, uncaught killers to unsolved disappearances, these genre films have proven that truth is not just stranger, but also scarier than fiction. Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024 Despite a massive daily cleanup operation that leaves the post-parade landscape remarkably clean, uncaught beads dangle from tree limbs like Spanish moss and get ground into the mud under the feet of passers-by. Kevin McGill, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024 Fishing for coho has been excellent at times and biologists said 44,000 hatchery coho remained uncaught Monday from the quota of 84,000. Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2022 Families of victims featured in Kansas' card deck described to CNN a torturous wait for resolution, with some also fearing for their own safety as the killers remain uncaught. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 7 Aug. 2022 That ratio can then be used to calculate the number that went uncaught in real life. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncaught
Adjective
  • His vibrant original compositions were faithfully reproduced using stencil and combined with an original text written by the artist to form the unbound book.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Beginning March 7, the Art Institute of Chicago will be displaying an exhibition featuring a colorful unbound book of late-career works by French artist Henri Matisse.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Americans cannot afford, in lives or in money, more unrestrained, never-ending wars.
    Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • West Stanislaus County Fire Protection District A 43-year-old man from Bakersfield was unrestrained within the sleeper bed at the time of the crash, officers said.
    Brandon Downs, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Adjective
  • Another unconfined delegation that should be subject to judicial scrutiny is provided by the Civil Rights Restoration Act, passed by the Democrats over President Ronald Reagan’s veto, which established the government’s power to arbitrarily withhold funding from universities.
    George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
  • This accounted for just 3 percent of heating fires overall, but these led to more than 40 percent of fatalities, in part because portable heaters tend to be placed precisely where people live and sleep, and because the resulting fires are far more likely to be unconfined.
    Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Besides the basic ABCs, Gutierrez encouraged cyclists to check the quick releases on their wheels to ensure the mechanism does not come loose and release the wheel while biking.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
  • ShinyHunters has operated for years as a loose collective.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
Adjective
  • Grandaddy, unbeaten and untied and still heavyweight champion of the college football world.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The images featured Williams striking several poses while standing in knee-deep waters, wearing a yellow, one-piece swimsuit with a cutout in the center and an untied bowtie.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The Emirates turned into a stage for unfettered jigs, pogos, salsas — whatever your dancing capabilities, anything went down a treat — as a club turned up the music and danced as one.
    Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • The corpulent body, unfettered Garments on display here include the corsetry of designer Michaela Stark, who posed herself for three of the new mannequins.
    Jocelyn Noveck, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Adjective
  • The Cane Corso was unleashed in the front yard as Martin approached a neighbor.
    Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • His complicated legacy is book-ended by having unleashed nuclear bombs on Japan in 1945 and working to put the world back together over the next seven years of his presidency.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • When the electric field reaches a critical strength — roughly 3 million volts per meter — the air starts to come undone.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026
  • Known for her universally flattering lip liner trick, Park channeled that aesthetic tonight in a romantic, undone way.
    Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 4 May 2026

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“Uncaught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncaught. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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