Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not held in check; unrestrained.
- adjective Not checked for accuracy, efficiency, or flaws.
- adjective Informal Of or relating to a square in a crossword that is part of only one word instead of two.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not checked; not restrained; not hindered. Not contradicted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Unrestrained or notheld back . - adjective Not
examined foraccuracy ,efficiency , etc. - adjective computing Not
checked (ticked orenabled ). - adjective crossword puzzles, of a square Part of only
one entry (i.e.,across ordown , but notboth ). - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
uncheck .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not restrained or controlled
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sonia Gandhi, the highly influential president of India's ruling Congress Party, yesterday launched a vituperative attack on what she called the unchecked greed of bankers and businessmen, recalling the glory days of her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi who began nationalising commercial banks in the late 1960s.
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Sonia Gandhi, the highly influential president of India's ruling Congress Party, yesterday launched a vituperative attack on what she called the unchecked greed of bankers and businessmen, recalling the glory days of her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi who began nationalising commercial banks in the late 1960s.
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Sonia Gandhi, president of India's ruling Congress party, yesterday launched a vituperative attack on what she called the unchecked greed of bankers and businessmen, recalling the glory days of her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi who began nationalising commercial banks in the late
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While he agrees with Lawrence that neighborhood infrastructure must be handled on a need basis and removed from slush funds, he proposes an INCREASE in unchecked, unsupervised slush fund expenditures.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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That they will do so if left unchecked is now being proven at the federal level.
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Rethugs lying again, see they want wall street to remain unchecked, and continue the same crap that got us here in the first place
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Yes, the corporations are going to spend billions of dollars now in unchecked funds to buy every election they can electing brain-dead pro-business puppets.
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Without a doubt the most powerful individual in society if left unchecked is a law enforcement officer.
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Power unchecked is the goal of Feinstein, Clinton, Kennedy, and other prominent DEM's - don't you forget it.
Our Supreme Moment 2008
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He opened the scoring 25 seconds into the game, walking in unchecked on the right side and snapping a low shot past Roberto Luongo's blocker.
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