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Wielding the baton like a cudgel he jabbed out downbeats, clobbering each beat that had a note attached and letting silent ones pass unconducted.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2011

All emotions, Whether of gods or men, all loves and passions, Are of two kinds; they are either inform'd by wisdom, To reason obedient,—or they are unconducted, Flames of the burning life.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

He very frankly counselled me not to venture unconducted further into this country.

From Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance by De la Mare, Walter

She had been allowed to ramble among the great masters for the most part unconducted, with the meagerest technique, and her own interpretation.

From Exit Betty by Hill, Grace Livingston

One of the most difficult tasks I assumed during the war was the personal and unconducted investigation of British prisoners of war.

From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by Curtin, D. Thomas