Unchecked
adjective
Not stopped or controlled.
The fire spread unchecked through the forest.
Often appears as...
- spread unchecked
- grow unchecked
adjective
Not examined or inspected.
The unchecked luggage could pose a security risk.
Often appears as...
- unchecked baggage
- unchecked items
adjective
Not held in check or constrained.
His unchecked ambition could lead him down a dangerous path.
Often appears as...
- unchecked ambition
- unchecked power
adjective
Not stopped or controlled.
The fire spread unchecked through the forest.
Often appears as...
- spread unchecked
- grow unchecked
adjective
Not examined or inspected.
The unchecked luggage could pose a security risk.
Often appears as...
- unchecked baggage
- unchecked items
adjective
Not held in check or constrained.
His unchecked ambition could lead him down a dangerous path.
Often appears as...
- unchecked ambition
- unchecked power
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Progressive Consequences
Use 'unchecked' to show something harmful that increases or worsens without intervention.
Pollution will spread unchecked unless we take action.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Outcome
'Unchecked' often implies that something negative will happen if no one takes control.
Uncontrolled emotions can lead to unchecked anger outbursts.
Pro Tip 3/3Lacking Restraint
Use 'unchecked' to describe situations where usual restrictions are absent.
Without rules, the debate continued unchecked and chaotic.
Pro Tip 1/3Progressive Consequences
Use 'unchecked' to show something harmful that increases or worsens without intervention.
Pollution will spread unchecked unless we take action.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Outcome
'Unchecked' often implies that something negative will happen if no one takes control.
Uncontrolled emotions can lead to unchecked anger outbursts.
Pro Tip 3/3Lacking Restraint
Use 'unchecked' to describe situations where usual restrictions are absent.
Without rules, the debate continued unchecked and chaotic.
Pro Tip 1/3Progressive Consequences
Use 'unchecked' to show something harmful that increases or worsens without intervention.
Pollution will spread unchecked unless we take action.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Outcome
'Unchecked' often implies that something negative will happen if no one takes control.
Uncontrolled emotions can lead to unchecked anger outbursts.
Pro Tip 3/3Lacking Restraint
Use 'unchecked' to describe situations where usual restrictions are absent.
Without rules, the debate continued unchecked and chaotic.
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What you need to know...
We can either continue with business as usual, allowing governments to adopt and deploy these technologies unchecked, in our communities, our streets and our schools, or we can take bold action now to press pause on the government's use of face surveillance, protect our privacy
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Bird migration, a...
has become a desperate search just to find somewhere safe to rest and refuel for the night. This scenario has become the reality for the majority of migrating song birds as human land development continues unchecked. Humans are altering important stop-over sites
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Inventing the American...
One thing they were dead-set there would be no king. They had fought a war against a country with a monarch and were afraid that one man with unchecked powers, in charge of an army, could take over the country. Instead, they settled on a president
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The unexpected benefit...
We've got this interesting balance going where we allow our unchecked optimism to fuel our visions. But then we also harness enthusiastic skepticism to breathe life, breathe reality into those visions. I want to show you a few of the projects
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Making high quality...
significantly more people die in Africa from heart disease and things related to that is a major emerging health threat in Africa and if unchecked will weaken already with infrastructure button the economic situation and will cost social
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What would happen if...
the soil acidity plummets, potentially allowing new plant life to thrive. This post-human biodiversity extends into the animal kingdom, as well. Animals follow the unchecked spread of native and non-native plants,
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Machine intelligence...
Clearly, we need to audit our black boxes and not have them have this kind of unchecked power. Audits are great and important, but they don't solve all our problems. Take Facebook's powerful news feed algorithm --
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What to trust in a...
Now, academic evidence is not everything. Real-world experience is critical, also. And peer review is not perfect, mistakes are made. But it's better to go with something checked than something unchecked.
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Ray Anderson: The...
leading humankind away from the abyss because, with continued unchecked decline of the biosphere, a very dear person is at risk here -- frankly, an unacceptable risk. Who is that person? Not you. Not I.
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Aftermath: Cities...
the elements rust spreads unchecked the concrete skeleton of this office time once protected from the elements is now getting soaked by rain cracks radiates
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What you need to know...
We can either continue with business as usual, allowing governments to adopt and deploy these technologies unchecked, in our communities, our streets and our schools, or we can take bold action now to press pause on the government's use of face surveillance, protect our privacy
Video examples
Bird migration, a...
has become a desperate search just to find somewhere safe to rest and refuel for the night. This scenario has become the reality for the majority of migrating song birds as human land development continues unchecked. Humans are altering important stop-over sites
Video examples
Inventing the American...
One thing they were dead-set there would be no king. They had fought a war against a country with a monarch and were afraid that one man with unchecked powers, in charge of an army, could take over the country. Instead, they settled on a president
Video examples
The unexpected benefit...
We've got this interesting balance going where we allow our unchecked optimism to fuel our visions. But then we also harness enthusiastic skepticism to breathe life, breathe reality into those visions. I want to show you a few of the projects
Video examples
Making high quality...
significantly more people die in Africa from heart disease and things related to that is a major emerging health threat in Africa and if unchecked will weaken already with infrastructure button the economic situation and will cost social
Video examples
What would happen if...
the soil acidity plummets, potentially allowing new plant life to thrive. This post-human biodiversity extends into the animal kingdom, as well. Animals follow the unchecked spread of native and non-native plants,
Video examples
Machine intelligence...
Clearly, we need to audit our black boxes and not have them have this kind of unchecked power. Audits are great and important, but they don't solve all our problems. Take Facebook's powerful news feed algorithm --
Video examples
What to trust in a...
Now, academic evidence is not everything. Real-world experience is critical, also. And peer review is not perfect, mistakes are made. But it's better to go with something checked than something unchecked.
Video examples
Ray Anderson: The...
leading humankind away from the abyss because, with continued unchecked decline of the biosphere, a very dear person is at risk here -- frankly, an unacceptable risk. Who is that person? Not you. Not I.
Video examples
Aftermath: Cities...
the elements rust spreads unchecked the concrete skeleton of this office time once protected from the elements is now getting soaked by rain cracks radiates
Example 1 of 10
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Cory Booker
American Politician
We also must pull from our highest ideals of justice and protect against those ills that destabilized our economy - like predatory lending, over-leveraged financial institutions and the unchecked avarice of the past that trumped fairness and common sense. Our platform calls for significant cuts in federal spending.
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Frances Beinecke
American Activist
Americans are worried about pollution - oil trains running through their towns, fracking in their neighborhoods, coal dust in their air. They're worried about what the future will look like for their children if carbon pollution continues unchecked.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
We can't have, like, willy-nilly proliferation of fake news. That's crazy. You can't have more types of fake news than real news. That's allowing public deception to go unchecked. That's crazy.
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Paul Romer
American Economist
From the very beginning, Americans have refused to tolerate unchecked power. We must now press our legislators to protect us from the unchecked power of dominant digital platforms.
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Arancha Gonzalez
Spanish Economist
Without action to de-carbonize our economies, unchecked climate change threatens to batter lives and economies around the world, hitting the poorest people hardest.
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Scott Garrett
American Politician
I cannot ignore the will of my constituents by supporting a bill that allows President Obama's executive amnesty plan to continue unchecked.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian Leader
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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Thomas Malthus
English Economist
Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio.
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Tate Reeves
Trust with risk is better than unchecked government power.
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Serj Tankian
American Musician
Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system.
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Cory Booker
American Politician
We also must pull from our highest ideals of justice and protect against those ills that destabilized our economy - like predatory lending, over-leveraged financial institutions and the unchecked avarice of the past that trumped fairness and common sense. Our platform calls for significant cuts in federal spending.
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Frances Beinecke
American Activist
Americans are worried about pollution - oil trains running through their towns, fracking in their neighborhoods, coal dust in their air. They're worried about what the future will look like for their children if carbon pollution continues unchecked.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
We can't have, like, willy-nilly proliferation of fake news. That's crazy. You can't have more types of fake news than real news. That's allowing public deception to go unchecked. That's crazy.
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Paul Romer
American Economist
From the very beginning, Americans have refused to tolerate unchecked power. We must now press our legislators to protect us from the unchecked power of dominant digital platforms.
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Arancha Gonzalez
Spanish Economist
Without action to de-carbonize our economies, unchecked climate change threatens to batter lives and economies around the world, hitting the poorest people hardest.
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Scott Garrett
American Politician
I cannot ignore the will of my constituents by supporting a bill that allows President Obama's executive amnesty plan to continue unchecked.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian Leader
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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Thomas Malthus
English Economist
Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio.
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Tate Reeves
Trust with risk is better than unchecked government power.
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Serj Tankian
American Musician
Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system.
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