unconstrained
adjective
un·con·strained
ˌən-kən-ˈstrānd 
: not held back or constrained
unconstrained ambition
unconstrained expressions of grief
people unconstrained by financial worries
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Zoom in: If unconstrained, the state's demand for power could double within the next 10 years, according to a report out late last year from the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, the state's watchdog group.
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Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
Real-world challenges Finally, Californians are aware of the real-world challenges created by the state’s largely unconstrained shift toward soft-on-crime justice policies.
—Lanhee J. Chen, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Another Parisian dress from the early 1920s, this one with swirling beadwork, has morphed into a pair of fluid, wide-leg pants—proof again of Voto’s unconstrained vision for seeing the antique garments as raw material.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
Trump’s slogans—America First and Make America Great Again—embody the essence of populism, namely using ideology to advance a political program that is morally unconstrained and driven by collective egoism.
—BÁlint Madlovics, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
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Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
Real-world challenges Finally, Californians are aware of the real-world challenges created by the state’s largely unconstrained shift toward soft-on-crime justice policies.
—Lanhee J. Chen, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Another Parisian dress from the early 1920s, this one with swirling beadwork, has morphed into a pair of fluid, wide-leg pants—proof again of Voto’s unconstrained vision for seeing the antique garments as raw material.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
Trump’s slogans—America First and Make America Great Again—embody the essence of populism, namely using ideology to advance a political program that is morally unconstrained and driven by collective egoism.
—BÁlint Madlovics, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Unconstrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unconstrained. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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