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wide-open

[wahyd-oh-puhn] / ˈwaɪdˈoʊ pən /
ADJECTIVE
lacking strict enforcement of laws
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ADJECTIVE
opened to the full extent
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But between the creature's rapidly flapping wings and wide-open mouth, he couldn't figure out how to grab it.

From Literature

Somewhere deep in the limbic system, a synapse fires like a flare, tracing the old circuitry of migration and memory — that annual pull toward the wide-open deserts of the American Southwest.

From Los Angeles Times

From where I’m standing, all I can see is ocean and pavement and wide-open gray sky.

From Literature

Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’ leads a wide-open field as the Golden Globes offer an early read on an unsettled Oscar season.

From Los Angeles Times

No matter who claims the championship trophy on Jan. 19, it will signal the start of a new, wide-open era.

From The Wall Street Journal