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
Even before the layoffs, the FDA’s investigative force struggled to monitor drug-making factories in countries that include India and China, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, raising alarms in Congress that serious manufacturing lapses may have gone unchecked.
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Victoria Malis, ProPublica, 7 July 2025
Last year, however, relying on this mistaken idea that presidents have unchecked executive authority, the court granted former presidents sweeping immunity from prosecution for illegally exercising their powers.
—Steve Woolpert, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
Lightfoot shared the results in January, outlining a pattern of unchecked spending and deception by Henyard.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 July 2025
Two interrelated fears that have caused mounting public alarm with respect to the Trump Administration involve unchecked executive power and the erosion of the rule of law.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 28 June 2025
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Victoria Malis, ProPublica, 7 July 2025
Last year, however, relying on this mistaken idea that presidents have unchecked executive authority, the court granted former presidents sweeping immunity from prosecution for illegally exercising their powers.
—Steve Woolpert, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
Lightfoot shared the results in January, outlining a pattern of unchecked spending and deception by Henyard.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 July 2025
Two interrelated fears that have caused mounting public alarm with respect to the Trump Administration involve unchecked executive power and the erosion of the rule of law.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchecked
Adjective
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Crime in New York was rampant, and racial tensions were high.—
Robert Chiarito,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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The innovation has been rampant, with AI usage evolving from coding assistants led by GitHub Copilot to next-gen vibe coding tools like Cursor and Windsurf (all, coincidentally, built on top of Microsoft’s open source VSCode IDE).—
Jason Andersen,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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The sheep, introduced over a century ago, grazed uncontrolled and destroyed nearly a third of the island's vegetation, leading to severe soil erosion and habitat degradation.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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By Thursday afternoon, the blaze continues to burn uncontrolled.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
4 July 2025
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“Unchecked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchecked. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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