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un·con·trolled

 (ŭn′kən-trōld′)
adj.
Not under control, discipline, or governance.

un′con·trolled′ness n.
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uncontrolled

(ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊld)
adj
not controlled or regulated; uncurbed
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.uncontrolled - not being under controluncontrolled - not being under control; out of control; "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth"
unrestrained - not subject to restraint; "unrestrained laughter"
controlled - restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds; "controlled emotions"; "the controlled release of water from reservoirs"
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uncontrolled

adjective
2. unchecked, unrestrained, ungoverned, uncurbed the central bank's uncontrolled printing of money
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uncontrolled

adjective
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Translations

uncontrolled

[ˈʌnkənˈtrəʊld] ADJ (= out of control) → descontrolado; [passion] → desenfrenado; [freedom etc] → irrestricto
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uncontrolled

[ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊld] adj
[laughter, crying, sobbing, desire, anger, fear, behaviour] → incontrôlable
(= unchecked) [use, growth, inflation, price rises, immigration, dumping] → incontrôlé(e)
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uncontrolled

adjungehindert; dogs, childrenunbeaufsichtigt; behaviourundiszipliniert; laughterunkontrolliert; weepinghemmungslos, haltlos; if inflation is allowed to go uncontrolledwenn die Inflation nicht unter Kontrolle gebracht wird
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uncontrolled

[ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊld] adj (laughter, weeping) → irrefrenabile; (child, dog) → scatenato/a; (inflation, price rises) → incontenibile
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uncontrolled

a. sin control, desenfrenado-a.
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References in classic literature ?
Long anger, the sense of his uncontrolled power, spoils the frank and generous nature of the West Wind.
This unshakable, irrefutable consciousness of freedom, uncontrolled by experiment or argument, recognized by all thinkers and felt by everyone without exception, this consciousness without which no conception of man is possible constitutes the other side of the question.
The sudden uncontrolled rage and now the equally uncontrolled and mirthless laughter but emphasized the facial attributes of idiocy.
To the young and wild nobles, he held out the prospect of unpunished license and uncontrolled revelry; to the ambitious, that of power, and to the covetous, that of increased wealth and extended domains.
The adversaries of the Constitution seem to have lost sight of the people altogether in their reasonings on this subject; and to have viewed these different establishments, not only as mutual rivals and enemies, but as uncontrolled by any common superior in their efforts to usurp the authorities of each other.
Let go me!" His face was livid and his eyes were roll- ing uncontrolled. He was heaving and panting.
Vain, ignorant, idle, and absolutely uncontrolled! Oh!
As the Fuwalda passed through the narrow entrance to the harbor and out of sight behind a projecting point, Lady Alice threw her arms about Clayton's neck and burst into uncontrolled sobs.
She in turn was wildly passionate and uncontrolled, and in bringing up her son indulged alternately in fits of genuine tenderness and capricious outbursts of mad rage and unkindness.
Something in the shape of the lady's face, something in the expression of her dark eyes, reminded Magdalen of the merchant-captain whose uncontrolled admiration had annoyed her on the previous evening.
And in Sweden the parties were alternately bought by France and England in so barefaced and notorious a manner that it excited universal disgust in the nation, and was a principal cause that the most limited monarch in Europe, in a single day, without tumult, violence, or opposition, became one of the most absolute and uncontrolled.
The beasts, uncontrolled by Tarzan who had gone in search of Jane, loosed in the full fury of their savage natures upon the unhappy wretches who fell into their clutches.