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unchecked

/ ʌˈʃɛ /

adjective

  1. not prevented from continuing or growing

    unchecked population growth

  2. not examined or inspected
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adverb

  1. without being stopped or hindered

    the virus could spread unchecked

  2. without being examined or inspected

    our luggage passed unchecked through customs

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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In the same report, the company wrote that “Scientific evidence indicates that if left unchecked, climate change will be disastrous and life threatening.”

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She said the government was allowing such apps to "go unchecked with extreme real-world consequences".

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The incident has also shone a light on the unchecked nationalism on Chinese social media, which has fuelled anti-foreigner sentiment in recent years.

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The Supreme Court’s recent grant of presumptive presidential immunity from prosecution for all of a president’s official acts just further insulated unchecked extralegal conduct.

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It’s the last unchecked box for Rory McIlroy, who needs to win at Augusta National to become the sixth player to complete a career Grand Slam, with victories in all four major championships.

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