unchecked

Definitions

Not restrained or controlled; left to grow or spread without limitation.

Not examined, verified, or validated for accuracy or correctness.

Examples

The unchecked growth of the weeds eventually took over the entire garden.

If left unchecked, the small leak in the basement could cause significant structural damage.

His unchecked ambition led him to make several reckless decisions that cost him his job.

Synonyms

unrestrained uncontrolled unbridled rampant unrestricted uninhibited unregulated

Antonyms

controlled restrained checked regulated limited curbed restricted