Unchecked

Definition: Unchecked

Unchecked

Adjective

1. Not restrained or controlled; "unbridled rage"; "an unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unchecked" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1792. (references)

Synonyms: Unchecked

Freedom

In full swing; uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined, unrestrained, unchecked, unprevented, unhindered, unobstructed, unbound, uncontrolled, untrammeled.

Crosswords: Unchecked

Unchecked infection - dead (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Reprographic reproduction : the threat of unchecked photocopying (reference)

• Unchecked Time (reference)

• Up-Front Sleeper, The Federal Witness "Protection" Programs: A "Letter" to Janet Reno Corrupt Jurisprudence Unchecked (reference)

• Wetlands : community and individual rights v. unchecked government power : hearing before the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

If unchecked, such disseminated zoster can lead to death from viral pneumonia or secondary bacterial infection. (references)

However, when there is a genetic deficiency of AAT, the activity of the elastase is not inhibited and elastin degradation occurs unchecked. (references)

If production of these toxic molecules continues unchecked, not only are the foreign antigens destroyed, but tissues surrounding the macrophages and neutrophils are also destroyed. (references)

Civil Liberties

Laos

This discriminatory behavior goes unchecked. (references)

Cuba

Decree 217 prohibits persons in other provinces from moving into Havana on the grounds that if internal migration is left unchecked, the city's problems regarding housing, public transport, water, and electrical supplies will become worse; visits to the city are permissible. (references)

Economic History

Bolivia

Hyperinflation had reached an annual rate of 24,000%. Social unrest, chronic strikes, and unchecked drug trafficking were widespread. (references)

Political Economy

Seychelles

President Rene and the SPPF continued to wield power virtually unchecked. (references)

INDIA

In August 2001, S&P downgraded its outlook on both local and foreign currency from stable to negative due to unchecked fiscal deficits and rising domestic indebtedness. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "unchecked": go unchecked. Additional references.

Afrikaans

vry (free). (various references)

Albanian

i shfrenuar (effusive, orgiastic, overpowering, rabid, rampant, unbridled, uncontrolled, unrestrained), i papërmbajtur (demonstrative, ebullient, effuse, effusive, fiery, gushing, harum scarum, hot-blooded, hot-headed, Hotspur, immoderate, incontinent, intemperate, jazz, jazzy, lawless, out of hand, rampageous, rampant, unconscionable, uncontained, uncontrollable, unreserved, unrestrained, wanton, wild). (various references)

Arabic 

‏غير مفحوص, ‏غير مدفوع الحساب, ‏غير صحيح (erroneous, improper, incorrect, indecorous, inexact, mistaken, unsound, untrue, untruthful). (various references)

Bavarian

frei (free). (various references)

Bulgarian 

необуздан (bacchanal, hot, intractable, lawless, mad, obstreperous, orgiastic, phrenetic, rambunctious, rampageous, rampant, riotous, tearaway, unbounded, unbridled, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrestrained, unruled, vagrant, wanton, wild, zizzi), непроверен (unverified), буен (bacchanalian, blustery, catchy, ebullient, exuberant, furious, gross, high-spirited, hot, hot-blooded, hot-brained, hotheaded, impetuous, incandescent, jazz, jazzy, knockabout, lively, lush, luxuriant, obstreperous, opulent, phrenetic, prancing, profuse, proud, puffy, puppyish, rambunctious, rampant, rank, riotous, roaring, rough, rough and tumble, rousing, rude, rumbustious, spicy, spirited, sweeping, thick, torrential, tumultuous, turbulent, ungovernable, unruly, untamed, vigorous, violent, wanton, zizzi). (various references)

Catalan

lliure (free). (various references)

Chinese 

猖獗 (rampant, wild), 未经检查. (various references)

Czech

neovìřený, nekontrolovaný (uncontrolled), bez překážek. (various references)

Danish

fri (free). (various references)

Dutch

vrýgesteld (free, relieved), vrý (enough, fairly, free, free and easy, quite, rather, relatively, sufficiently, unoccupied, vacant), vlot (easy, facile, free, raft, smooth), teugelloos (lawless, licentious, riotous, unrestrained), open (above-board, free, open, unoccupied, vacant), ongecontroleerd, ongebreideld (lawless, licentious, riotous, unrestrained), onbezet (free, unoccupied, vacant), onbelemmerd (free), los (apart, free, loose, lynx, mobile, particular, sandy, separate, special), bandeloos (lawless, licentious, riotous, unrestrained). (various references)

Faeroese

leysur (free, vacant), fríur (free). (various references)

Finnish

vapaa (disengaged, exempt, free, gratuitous, vacant), tarkistamaton (unrevised), hillitön (ummanageable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrestrained, unruly, wild), ehkäisemätön (unrestrained). (various references)

French

non vérifié (unverified), non payé, non maîtrisé (uncontrolled), libre (unattached, uncommitted, unengaged, unoccupied, unrestricted), incontrôlé (uncontrolled). (various references)

Frisian

frij (free). (various references)

German

unkontrolliert (uncontrollable, uncontrollably, uncontrolled, uncontrolledly, unregulated, unrestrained). (various references)

Greek 

ακώλυτοσ, ανεξέλεγκτοσ (uncontrolled), ανεξέλεγκτος (uncontrolled). (various references)

Hungarian

ellenállás nélkül (unopposed). (various references)

Italian

non verificato, licenzioso (debauched, dissipated, dissolute, frolicsome, indecent, lawless, licentious, loose, obscene, profligate, raffish, ribald, riotous, rollicking, undisciplined, unrestrained, wanton, wild), libero (available, clear, disengaged, empty, free, leisured, loose, open, spare, unattached, unconstrained, unrestricted, vacant), dissoluto (debauched, dissolute, goatish, lawless, licentious, profligate, rakish, riotous, roue, unrestrained). (various references)

Manx

gyn smaght (intractable, undisciplined, wayward), gyn glockey (uncheckable, uncheckable of account, uncurbed), gyn castey (unconquered). (various references)

Norwegian

fri (devoid, disengaged, free). (various references)

Papiamen

libro (free), liber (free, pound). (various references)

Pig Latin

eckedunchay.(various references)

Polish

wolny (free). (various references)

Portuguese

não verificado, não reprimido (unrestrained), não controlado (unruled), não contido. (various references)

Romanian

necontenit (all along, ceaseless, continual, never ending, permanent, right along, unceasing), liber (at a loose end, at large, at leisure, autonomous, available, bast, bondless, clear, disengaged, easily, empty, fetterless, free, go-as-you-please, gracious, gratis, informal, leisured, loose, loosely, naked, odd, off, off duty, open, smooth, spontaneous, uncombined, unconstrained, unengaged, unhampered, unhindered, unoccupied, unreserved, vacant, void). (various references)

Russian 

неконтролируемый (uncontrollable, uncontrolled, unregulated), необузданный (disorderly, unbridled, ungovernable, unrestrained), беспрепятственный (uncrossed, unhampered, unhindered, unimpeded, unobstructed, untrammelled). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

neproveren (untested). (various references)

Spanish

desenfrenado (frantic, lawless, licentious, rampant, riotous, self indulgent, unbridled, unrestrained, wanton, wild). (various references)

Sranan

fri (free). (various references)

Swedish

omarkerad, ohämmad (unbridled, unfettered, uninhibited, unrestrained, untrammelled). (various references)

Tagalog

malay� (free). (various references)

Turkish

yasaklanmamış, serbest (at large, at liberty, cavalier, disengaged, easy, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, freehearted, freewheeling, go-as-you-please, in the clear, independent, latitudinarian, leisure, liberal, loose, open, permissive, quit, unattached, unbound, unconfined, unconstrained, unencumbered, unengaged, unfettered, unhampered, unrestrained, unrestricted, unshackled, untrammelled), kontrolsüz (unbounded, uncontrolled, unrestrained), durdurulmamış, azade (free), açik (above-board, absence, bright, clear, clearly, deficiency, deficit, distinct, free, lack, light, obvious, of course, open, plain, serene, shortage, shortcoming, sincere, unbiased, untroubled, vacant). (various references)

Ukrainian

нестриманий (abandoned, bestial, expansive, immoderate, incontinent, inordinate, outgiving, unreserved, unrestrained, unsuppressed), неперевірений (untried, unverified), безперешкодний (through, uncrossed, unstopped). (various references)

Vietnamese 

không bị ngăn cản; không bị kìm hãm, không bị cản trở (unhampered, unimpeded). (various references)

effrenus, licens. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: checked, chucked, chunked.

-3 letters: kuchen, necked.

-4 letters: check, cheek, chuck, chunk, deuce, dunce, dunch, eched, educe, endue, hence, kench, kneed, nuked, undee.

-5 letters: cede, cued, cuke, deck, deke, dene, duce, duck, duke, dune, dunk, eche, eked, heck, heed, huck, hued, hunk, keen, knee, kune, neck, need, neuk, nude, nuke, unde.

+5 letters: counterchecked.