uncontrolled

4 definitions • 8 examples

(of an emotion, vehicle, etc.) not under a person's control:

uncontrolled aggression

It was said that he often erupted into fits of uncontrolled rage.

without anything having been done to stop a problem from increasing, or a disease, etc. from getting worse; not limited in any way:

The urbanization of the countryside was largely uncontrolled.

Uncontrolled hypertension is one of the main preventable causes of death or disability due to stroke or heart attack.

If left uncontrolled, the disease can cause a number of serious complications.

not using a control (= an object or system that is not changed so that you can compare it with similar objects or systems that are intentionally changed):

The number of patients is relatively small and the study is uncontrolled.

existing or happening with nothing able to stop it:

uncontrolled shivering

the uncontrolled spread of urban sprawl