checked

[ chekt ]

/ tʃɛkt /

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adjective

having a pattern of squares; checkered(def 3): a checked shirt.

Phonetics. (of a vowel) situated in a closed syllable (opposed to freedef 28).

Origin of checked

1375–1425; late Middle English. See check¹, -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM checked

un·checked, adjective well-checked, adjective

Words nearby checked

check-over, checkable, checkback, checkbook, checkbook journalism, checked, checked swing, checkedy, checker, checkerberry, checkerbloom

Example sentences from the Web for unchecked

Vidigal and the other slums of Brazil—known as favelas—are testaments to years of government neglect and unchecked urbanism.

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One suggested explanation, has been the surge of unchecked disinformation available online.

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Once I unchecked the sharing boxes at the bottom of the quest completion pop-up, they stayed unchecked.

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This sort of lobbying means that in many places, violent parents who keep their kids out of school can rule them unchecked.

The Sinister Side of Homeschooling |Michelle Goldberg |September 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Unchecked, the damage renders our world not just poorer, but also smaller.

Is Light Pollution the Easiest Environmental Problem to Fix? |Mindy Farabee |July 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Beautiful, orientally sensuous, too glowing perhaps for western taste, is this utterance of unchecked passion.

The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) |Henry Osborn Taylor
Vistas of unchecked, expanding conquest stretched away in every direction.

The Market-Place |Harold Frederic
In the flush of unchecked love, Margaret had bloomed into something more attractive than mere beauty.

Sybil Chase |Ann S. Stephens
The new doctrine, if maintained, will result in a consolidation of unchecked and despotic power in the House of Representatives.

Messages and Papers of Rutherford B. Hayes |James D. Richardson
If this is allowed to go on unchecked, the glass will in time become opaque, and the view of the interior will be lost.

The Book of the Aquarium and Water Cabinet |Shirley Hibberd

British Dictionary definitions for unchecked (1 of 2)

unchecked

/ (ʌnˈtʃɛkt) /

adjective

not prevented from continuing or growing unchecked population growth

not examined or inspected

adverb

without being stopped or hindered the virus could spread unchecked

without being examined or inspected our luggage passed unchecked through customs

British Dictionary definitions for unchecked (2 of 2)

checked

/ (tʃɛkt) /

adjective

having a pattern of small squares

phonetics (of a syllable) ending in a consonant

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