Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Unrestrained; uncontrolled.
- adjective Not wearing or not fitted with a bridle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not having a bridle on; hence, unrestrained; unruly; violent; licentious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not fitted with a
bridle - adjective without
restraint orboundary - verb Simple past of
unbridle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not restrained or controlled
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Examples
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On nuclear weapons, the Iranian president deplores what he calls unbridled expansion and testing of more powerful warheads, apparently implicating the United States.
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On nuclear weapons, the Iranian president deplores what he calls unbridled expansion and testing of more powerful warheads, apparently implicating the United States.
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All week, Glenn Beck has been railing against what he called the unbridled consumption of America.
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Waldo there has been a lot of development but "unbridled" is not exactly, uhhh …. correct.
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For the idiot who has everything comes the latest in unbridled extravagance: fashion house Christian Dior is set this month to launch of line of luxury cellphones costing a ridiculous amount of money.
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There She engaged in unbridled promiscuity, consorted with lascivious demons, and gave birth to hundreds of Lilim or demonic babies, daily.
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The law was not perfect, but as a result of its enactment and a series of subsequent federal laws, a generation of Americans has come to adulthood protected by a legal structure and a social compact making clear that government will not engage in unbridled, dragnet seizure of electronic communications.
Archive 2007-10-01 Dan 2007
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The law was not perfect, but as a result of its enactment and a series of subsequent federal laws, a generation of Americans has come to adulthood protected by a legal structure and a social compact making clear that government will not engage in unbridled, dragnet seizure of electronic communications.
Wiretapping: Studs Terkel taps into the conversation Dan 2007
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Their failure to form effective co-operatives (fuelled by a dogmatic belief in unbridled competition) also hasn't helped.
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In addition, this is also a lesson in unbridled enthusiasm.
A Taste of Things to Come? Nick Anthis 2006
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