as in rampant
showing no signs of being under control
a case that was solved only because of one detective's unbridled determination to bring the killer to justice
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Many tech executives and business leaders have expressed unbridled enthusiasm about AI’s potential.
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Rebekah Bastian, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
But this is March, home of the quirky and unexpected, when teams regularly punch above their weight class with unbridled confidence.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
Whether that brawny youth can bring that sort of unbridled thinking under real-race weights, in real tack, against real, experienced racehorses that have won multiple stakes remains to be seen.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
In those first heady six months of his tenure, his unbridled ambition had the affection pouring from the terraces to the dugout.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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Rebekah Bastian, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
But this is March, home of the quirky and unexpected, when teams regularly punch above their weight class with unbridled confidence.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
Whether that brawny youth can bring that sort of unbridled thinking under real-race weights, in real tack, against real, experienced racehorses that have won multiple stakes remains to be seen.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
In those first heady six months of his tenure, his unbridled ambition had the affection pouring from the terraces to the dugout.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Unbridled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbridled. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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