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# unchecked

«unchecked» in Mova's school dictionary: **not controlled or stopped, so it can grow or spread: the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective; adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unchecked means not controlled or stopped, so it can grow or spread: the fire spread unchecked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unchecked/#m1)

2) Unchecked also means not looked over or tested: unchecked homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unchecked/#m2)

3) An unchecked box is a box with no tick in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unchecked/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and safety, a disease or fire left unchecked becomes dangerous. In school, unchecked work may have mistakes. On computers, an unchecked box means the option is off. Phrases: go unchecked, left unchecked, spread unchecked.

### examples

- The weeds grew unchecked in the empty garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unchecked/#x1)
- If left unchecked, the infection can spread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unchecked/#x2)
- The fire burned unchecked for hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unchecked/#x3)
- Don't hand in your work unchecked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unchecked/#x4)
- Leave the box unchecked if you don't want emails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unchecked/#x5)
- His bad temper went unchecked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unchecked/#x6)

### note

Prefix un- + checked. Often after «go» or «left»: went unchecked. A check mark (US) is a tick (UK).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unchecked» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unchecked/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.