uncontrolled

/ənkənˈtroʊld/

/ənkənˈtrʌʊld/

Other forms: uncontrolledly

Do your little cousins go running wildly around the house every time they're visiting? Then they're uncontrolled — they aren't being restrained by anyone or anything.

Anything uncontrolled isn't kept in check or held back. An uncontrolled scream is intense, because you're not trying to tamp it down. An uncontrolled balloon has blown loose and is flying around with no one holding its string. And scientifically speaking, an uncontrolled study or experiment doesn't use a so-called "control group," which is used for comparison and makes the study more valid.

Definitions of uncontrolled

1. adjective

   not being under control; out of control
   “uncontrolled growth”

   synonyms:

   anarchic, anarchical, lawless

   without law or control

   errant

   moving in an uncontrolled, irregular, or unpredictable way

   irrepressible, uncontrollable

   impossible to repress or control

   loose

   (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player

   lordless, masterless

   having no lord or master

   epidemic, rampant

   occurring or increasing in an unrestrained way

   runaway

   completely out of control

   torrential

   resembling a torrent in force and abundance

   undisciplined, ungoverned

   lacking in discipline or control

   wayward, wild

   deviating widely from an intended course

   unrestrained

   not subject to restraint

   antonyms:

   controlled

   restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds

   contained

   gotten under control

   disciplined

   obeying the rules

   dominated

   controlled or ruled by superior authority or power

   harnessed

   brought under control and put to use

   obsessed, possessed

   influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion

   price-controlled

   having the price regulated or controlled by government

   regimented

   strictly controlled

   restrained

   under restraint