unchecked
/ʌnˈtʃɛkt
/adjective
1(Especially of something undesirable) not controlled or restrained: prices rose unchecked, hitting the poor worst of all...
- The out of control memory leak remains unchecked while Redmond's Red Adairs grapple to put a lid on the blow-out.
- The country can ill afford the luxury of unchecked growth of private vehicle population.
- As highlighted in this column, the rapid expansion of the grey seal population continues unchecked.
2Not examined or checked: the broadcast was sloppy, it was unchecked, there was no investigation of the facts...
- No detail goes unchecked - field size, use of land, changes to use of land, products employed.
- Something of a scatterbrain, his study was populated by stacks of unchecked papers and piles of worn books.
- Despite the best efforts of the zoo staff, a large number of plastic items find their way inside the zoo compound, unchecked.
