as in rampant
showing no signs of being under control
unchecked corruption in the state's prison system
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Recent Examples of unchecked
All of those boxes remain unchecked after Week 1.
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Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The study predicts sugar consumption nationwide could increase by nearly 3 grams a day by 2095, if planet-warming pollution continues unchecked, with vulnerable groups at highest risk.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Right now, under the current leadership in our city, gangs still control our streets, human trafficking goes unchecked and drugs flow through here like the Mississippi River.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
Aster is obsessed with people’s unchecked power to shame others online, whether with the truth or with unfair fabrications.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
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Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The study predicts sugar consumption nationwide could increase by nearly 3 grams a day by 2095, if planet-warming pollution continues unchecked, with vulnerable groups at highest risk.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Right now, under the current leadership in our city, gangs still control our streets, human trafficking goes unchecked and drugs flow through here like the Mississippi River.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
Aster is obsessed with people’s unchecked power to shame others online, whether with the truth or with unfair fabrications.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchecked
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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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“Unchecked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchecked. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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