unchecked

/ ʌnˈtʃɛkt /

adjective

1. not prevented from continuing or growing

   unchecked population growth

2. not examined or inspected

adverb

1. without being stopped or hindered

   the virus could spread unchecked

2. without being examined or inspected

   our luggage passed unchecked through customs

Example Sentences

Despite his rather optimistic outlook, Silver clarified that Trump’s second term won’t be a “happy time for Democrats,” pointing to the president-elect’s 6-3 Supreme Court majority and “unchecked power.”

From Salon

Californians of a certain age can recite it by heart: A 1994 ballot initiative sought to make life miserable for undocumented immigrants, with proponents claiming that unchecked migration was destroying the Golden State by burdening social services and changing the demographics of cities.

From Los Angeles Times

While opponents predicted that Trump’s vitriol would propel the Harris-Walz ticket to the White House, he learned well from the old Proposition 187 advocates he roped into his first campaign to speak about how unchecked migration had wreaked havoc on California.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet they agree that the Trump administration took unchecked presidential authority to a new level.

From Salon

Consider all of that a frightening vision of our now all-too-imminent future: a president freed from the restraints of the Constitution, unchecked by Congress or the courts — or by his Cabinet advisers.

From Salon

Related Words

• rampant
• unbridled
• unhampered