as in rampant
showing no signs of being under control
a tirade filled with uncontrolled anger about what the government was doing
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His first American doctor re-prescribed his existing medications, which led to severe uncontrolled seizures.
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Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
Other methods of preventing the fern’s uncontrolled spread include restricting the sale of the plant in garden centers and other retail outlets, raising public awareness of its aggressive tactics, and monitoring the distribution of the species.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
This was the sum total of available scientific evidence when a 20-year-old woman came to her doctors in Erlangen, Germany, asking to try anything for her severe and uncontrolled lupus.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire and Emergency Services fought uncontrolled fires Sunday as a strong smell of smoke and smoggy conditions set in across the Route 40 corridor.
—Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2024
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Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
Other methods of preventing the fern’s uncontrolled spread include restricting the sale of the plant in garden centers and other retail outlets, raising public awareness of its aggressive tactics, and monitoring the distribution of the species.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
This was the sum total of available scientific evidence when a 20-year-old woman came to her doctors in Erlangen, Germany, asking to try anything for her severe and uncontrolled lupus.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire and Emergency Services fought uncontrolled fires Sunday as a strong smell of smoke and smoggy conditions set in across the Route 40 corridor.
—Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Uncontrolled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncontrolled. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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