uncontrolled
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.kənˈtrəʊld/us/ˌʌn.kənˈtroʊld/(of anemotion,vehicle, etc.) not under a person'scontrol:
uncontrolledaggression肆无忌惮的侵犯
It was said that he ofteneruptedintofitsof uncontrolledrage.
Compare
controlled
without anything having been done tostopaproblemfromincreasing, or adisease, etc. from gettingworse; notlimitedin any way:
Theurbanizationof thecountrysidewaslargelyuncontrolled.
Uncontrolledhypertensionis one of themainpreventablecausesofdeathordisabilityduetostrokeorheartattack.
Ifleftuncontrolled, thediseasecancauseanumberofseriouscomplications.
Synonym
non-controlled
sciencespecialized
not using acontrol(= anobjectorsystemthat is notchangedso that you cancompareit withsimilarobjectsorsystemsthat areintentionallychanged):
Thenumberofpatientsisrelativelysmalland thestudyis uncontrolled.
Opposite
controlled
Synonym
non-controlled
- Theplanethenglidedinto thefield, uncontrolled.
- Canceris atermfor more than 100diseasescharacterizedby the uncontrolled,abnormalgrowthofcells.
- Manypeoplesaid they wereworriedabout uncontrolledimmigration.
- There is now littlequestionthat uncontrolledstresscankill.
Uncontrolled
- all hell breaks looseidiom
- amok
- amuck
- CI
- confidential informant
- extravagance
- intemperate
- intemperately
- liberated
- like madidiom
- madding
- run wildidiom
- runaway
- spin out of controlidiom
- spread like wildfireidiom
- squirrelly
- unruly
- waywardness
- wig out
- wigged out
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