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uncontrolled en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English controlled English uncontrolled From un- + controlled.

Meanings

  1. Not controlled; not under control.
    • Into the gnarled uncontrolled hand swaying over the bunk the dog laid his paw. 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 36:
  2. Lacking the usual traffic control devices, such as traffic lights, pedestrian signals, pavement markings, traffic signs, or a crossing guard.
    • uncontrolled crossing
    • uncontrolled intersection

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
uncontrouled alternative, obsolete lexicographic
more uncontrolled Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most uncontrolled Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

uncontrolledness · uncontrolledly

Translations (22)

es incontrolado (not controlled) · fi esteetön (not controlled) · nl ongecontroleerd (not controlled) · es desaforado (not controlled) · nb ukontrollert (not controlled) · bg безконтролен (not controlled) · sv okontrollerad (not controlled) · fr incontrôlé (not controlled) · am ያልተገታ (not controlled) · fi rajoittamaton (not controlled) · grc ἀκράτητος (not controlled) · de unkontrolliert (not controlled) · es descontrolado (not controlled) · ca incontrolat (not controlled) · fi kontrolloimaton (not controlled) · ga neamhcheansaithe (not controlled) · it incontrollato (not controlled) · la effrenatus (not controlled) · nn ukontrollert (not controlled) · da ukontrolleret (not controlled) · fi vapaa (not controlled) · it sfrenato (not controlled)