uncontrolled

Example Sentences

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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

Grimberg said that uncontrolled growth “is essentially cancer.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

"And cancer is potentially exploiting that same principle, changing where in the genome these dynamics are more important to manipulate cell identity and encourage uncontrolled growth."

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

An uncontrolled, sudden increase in voltage in the system "on a day with multiple concurrent phenomena" led to instability and "cascading generation", it said.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

They crowded, dark and uncontrolled, to the borders of the drive.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier