uncontrolled
English
Alternative forms
- uncontrouled (obsolete)
Etymology
un- + controlled
Adjective
uncontrolled (comparative more uncontrolled, superlative most uncontrolled)
- Not controlled; not under control.
- 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 36:
- Into the gnarled uncontrolled hand swaying over the bunk the dog laid his paw.
- (civil engineering) Lacking the usual traffic control devices, such as traffic lights, pedestrian signals, pavement markings, traffic signs, or a crossing guard.
- uncontrolled crossing
- uncontrolled intersection
Translations
not controlled
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