unrestrained

[ uhn-ri-streynd ]

adjective

1. not restrained restrained or controlled; uncontrolled or uncontrollable:

   the unrestrained birthrate in some countries.

   Synonyms: unrepressed, unchecked, excessive, unbridled

2. not constrained; spontaneous:

   unrestrained laughter.

unrestrained

/ ˌʌnrɪˈstreɪnɪdlɪ; ˌʌnrɪˈstreɪnd /

adjective

1. not restrained or checked; free or natural

Derived Forms

• unrestrainedly, adverb

Other Words From

• un·re·strain·ed·ly [uhn-ri-, strey, -nid-lee], adverb
• unre·strained·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unrestrained¹

First recorded in 1580–90; un- ¹ + restrained

Example Sentences

“She’s completely unrestrained in her imagination and her capacity to improvise,” he says by phone.

From Los Angeles Times

Combine that with Trump’s plan to end civil service protections, making internal dissent a firing offense, and you have a recipe for unrestrained one-man rule.

From Los Angeles Times

He believed that the fundamental concept in the political realm from which all else flowed was the distinction between friends and enemies, and that to be a sovereign meant being completely unrestrained by law.

From Salon

Yet millions of Americans are unable to access these drugs, thanks to the two big, interrelated flaws in our healthcare system: unrestrained pricing by drug companies and the economics of health insurance.

From Los Angeles Times

It is messy by design, with its three branches of government, checks and balances on unrestrained power, which Trump seeks to destroy, and various levels of governance, from the school board to the White House.

From Salon

Related Words

• exaggerated
• impotent
• indiscriminate
• intemperate
• lawless
• limitless
• profligate
• rampant
• spontaneous
• unbridled
• unchecked
• uncontrolled
• unhampered
• uninhibited
• unlimited
• unrestricted