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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not held in check; unrestrained.
- adjective Not checked for accuracy, efficiency, or flaws.
- adjective Informal Of or relating to a square in a crossword that is part of only one word instead of two.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not checked; not restrained; not hindered. Not contradicted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Unrestrained or notheld back . - adjective Not
examined foraccuracy ,efficiency , etc. - adjective computing Not
checked (ticked orenabled ). - adjective crossword puzzles, of a square Part of only
one entry (i.e.,across ordown , but notboth ). - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
uncheck .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not restrained or controlled
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sonia Gandhi, the highly influential president of India's ruling Congress Party, yesterday launched a vituperative attack on what she called the unchecked greed of bankers and businessmen, recalling the glory days of her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi who began nationalising commercial banks in the late 1960s.
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Sonia Gandhi, the highly influential president of India's ruling Congress Party, yesterday launched a vituperative attack on what she called the unchecked greed of bankers and businessmen, recalling the glory days of her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi who began nationalising commercial banks in the late 1960s.
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Sonia Gandhi, president of India's ruling Congress party, yesterday launched a vituperative attack on what she called the unchecked greed of bankers and businessmen, recalling the glory days of her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi who began nationalising commercial banks in the late
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While he agrees with Lawrence that neighborhood infrastructure must be handled on a need basis and removed from slush funds, he proposes an INCREASE in unchecked, unsupervised slush fund expenditures.
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That they will do so if left unchecked is now being proven at the federal level.
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Rethugs lying again, see they want wall street to remain unchecked, and continue the same crap that got us here in the first place
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Yes, the corporations are going to spend billions of dollars now in unchecked funds to buy every election they can electing brain-dead pro-business puppets.
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Without a doubt the most powerful individual in society if left unchecked is a law enforcement officer.
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Power unchecked is the goal of Feinstein, Clinton, Kennedy, and other prominent DEM's - don't you forget it.
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He opened the scoring 25 seconds into the game, walking in unchecked on the right side and snapping a low shot past Roberto Luongo's blocker.
Related Words
synonyms (136)
Words with the same meaning
- abandoned
- abiding
- apocryphal
- artless
- bluff
- blunt
- broad
- brusque
- candid
- changeless
- constant
- continuing
- direct
- disobedient
- downright
- durable
- enduring
- explicit
- firm
- fixed
- forthright
- frank
- frankhearted
- free
- free-speaking
- free-spoken
- free-tongued
- frozen
- genuine
- go-go
- headstrong
- heady
- heart-to-heart
- immobile
- immoderate
- immutable
- incontinent
- indulgent
- ingenuous
- insubordinate
- intact
- intemperate
- inviolate
- irrepressible
- irresponsible
- lasting
- lawless
- lax
- licentious
- loose
- mutinous
- nonofficial
- nonrestrictive
- open
- openhearted
- out of control
- out of hand
- outspoken
- permanent
- permissive
- perpetual
- persistent
- plain
- plain-spoken
- quiescent
- rampant
- reinless
- remaining
- rigid
- riotous
- round
- self-willed
- sincere
- solid
- stable
- static
- stationary
- staying
- steadfast
- straight
- straight-out
- straightforward
- sustained
- torpid
- transparent
- unaccountable
- unaltered
- unattested
- unauthentic
- unauthenticated
- unauthoritative
- unbridled
- uncertified
- unchangeable
- unchanged
- unchanging
- uncoerced
- uncompelled
- unconfirmed
- unconstrained
- uncontrolled
- uncorroborated
- uncurbed
- undemonstrated
- undestroyed
- undisciplined
- unequivocal
- unfading
- unfailing
- unforced
- ungoverned
- unguarded
- uninhibited
- unmastered
- unmeasured
- unmuzzled
- unofficial
- unproved
- unreined
- unrepressed
- unreserved
- unrestrained
- unrestrictive
- unruly
- unshifting
- unsubdued
- unsuppressed
- unvalidated
- unvaried
- unvarying
- unverified
- unwarranted
- wanton
- wild
- wildcat
- willful
equivalents (1)
Other words for 'unchecked'
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Words that are found in similar contexts
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Forms
rhymes (62)
Words with the same terminal sound
- Brecht
- Hecht
- Select
- affect
- bedecked
- checked
- collect
- confect
- connect
- correct
- decked
- defect
- deflect
- deject
- detect
- direct
- disaffect
- disconnect
- disinfect
- disrespect
- dissect
- effect
- eject
- elect
- erect
- expect
- fecht
- incorrect
- indirect
- infect
- inject
- inspect
- interconnect
- interject
- intersect
- misdirect
- necked
- neglect
- nondirect
- object
- overprotect
- perfect
- project
- protect
- rechecked
- recollect
- reconnect
- redirect
- reelect
- reflect
- reinspect
- reject
- respect
- resurrect
- sect
- select
- specht
- subject
- suspect
- trekked
- wecht
- wrecked
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