uncheckedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈtʃɛkt/, U.S. /ˌənˈtʃɛkt/ 1. Not checked or repressed; unrestrained. Also const. by.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > completely unchecked
unbridledc1374
untempered1377
bridleless?1406
unrepressed?a1425
untemperatea1425
savagea1450
unchecked1469
undaunted1513
uncontrolleda1535
reinless1566
unrestrained1578
ineffrenate1581
unbitteda1586
check-free1598
uncurbed1600
checkless1604
unbounded1608
uncontained?1611
dis'chained1615
ungoverneda1616
unstanched1621
unsneaped1647
incontrolled1650
controlless1657
irregulated1664
curbless1813
do-as-you-please1845
disenchaineda1849
1469 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 92 Clerkes at wages certein, unchekked, to have a yeoman and groome's parte.
1533 T. More Apol. xlvii, in Wks. 921/1 Yet he they suffred boldely to talke vnchecked.
1577 G. Whetstone in Gascoigne Steele Gl., etc. (Arb.) 18 Trueth is the garde, that keepeth men vnchect.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 189 Apt the Mind or Fancie is to roave Uncheckt . View more context for this quotation
1683 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia (1753) 114 If they were not strictly restrained from all unchecked Appetites.
1733 A. Pope Ess. Man ii. 40 Man's superior Part Uncheck'd may rise, and climb from Art to Art.
1783 E. Burke 9th Rep. Select Comm. Justice in Bengal, Bahar & Orissa in Parl. Papers VI. 43 The Effects of commercial Servitude during its unchecked Existence.
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab ix. 115 The growing longings of its dawning love, Unchecked by dull and selfish chastity.
1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. iv. 170 The mountaineers..were committing unchecked ravages in retaliation for invaded rights.
1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn II. lvi. 230 Mankind was to see..unchecked power smitten with fatal impotence.
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the mind > language > statement > assent > [adjective] > not contradicted
unchecked1600
uncontradicted1606
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. i. 2 It liues there vncheckt, that Anthonio hath a ship..wrackt on the narrow Seas. View more context for this quotation
1619 Visct. Doncaster Let. in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1865) 1st Ser. 208 There is there an unchecqued report these three or foure dayes that the Count of Mansfelt [etc.].
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adj.1469