uncontrolled

Example Sentences

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The booster fell swiftly back to Earth, uncontrolled, into the Gulf of Mexico.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Defection to solar has been so fast and uncontrolled that Pakistan’s energy utilities are struggling with falling sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Raymond Barlow, from the council's building standards team, told BBC Scotland News that it was not possible to demolish the facade with a machine as it would cause an uncontrolled collapse.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Authorities have blamed the scale of devastation partly on uncontrolled logging, and have revoked forestry permits in the disaster's wake.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

The sound spilled out of him, uncontrolled, and he looked down at the clear blue pool and thought, blithely, that perhaps that shade of blue was also the color of hope.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie