Synonyms for unchecked
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Unrestrained — unrestrained, not held back
unrestrained, unbridled, wanton, ungoverned, uncurbed, licentious
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Unrestrained, not held back.
O happy captain, that may'st houze / In quarter free, and uncheckt brouze / On teeming hedge, when purse is light, / Or on the wholsom sallat bite: […]
Example sentences
- unbridled Rasputin went down in history for unbridled sex.
- unrestrained I don't think the rich should be unrestrained.
- uncontrolled Americans appear unsettled and uncontrolled to Japanese.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unchecked | rising | |
| unbridled | rising | |
| unrestrained | steady | |
| ungoverned | rising | |
| uncurbed | falling | |
| uncontrolled | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- wanton2
- 8 letters
- uncurbed
- 9 letters
- unbridled3
- 10 letters
- licentious3, ungoverned
- 11 letters
- untrammeled3
- 12 letters
- uncontrolled3, unrestrained3, unobstructed4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wanton2 = 2 syllables).