curbed
adjective
stopped, restrained, or slowed.
uncurbed
-
a word derived from
curbed.
Example Sentences
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But while his life had “moments of intense melancholy and despair,” merriment went largely uncurbed.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2021
It’s tempting to say yes, save that actual HAL has an uncurbed individuality.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2018
She asked if they also fixed sidewalks, which, marred by uncurbed dogs, shattered Peroni bottles and disjointed concrete, is hardly a refuge.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2018
The film star Hugh Grant said that successive British governments had been intimidated into allowing the excesses to go uncurbed for decades.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2011
There was not much business in the saloon, there being few visitors in town, no roistering, no sounds of uncurbed gaiety.
From The Duke Of Chimney Butte by P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman) Ivory
