unchecked

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If something harmful is unchecked, it is continuing or increasing without or despite any limits or attempts to prevent it:

If current trends go/continue unchecked, obesity will become the number one cause of death in this country.

The war raged on, unchecked by the UN's efforts to stop it.

not stopped or ended:

These problems will worsen if current trends continue unchecked.