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as in uncontrolled
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as in unconquered
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as in impudent
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsubdued
Adjective
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By Saturday morning, the blaze continues to expand uncontrolled.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 July 2025 -
The movie follows the adventures of rebellious young boy, Ne Zha, who is feared by the gods having been born to mortal parents with wild, uncontrolled powers.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 July 2025
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No canvas has been left un-kitchen-magnetized, no sector of pop culture remains unconquered.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
16 Sep. 2024
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Two Shawnee brothers set up the headquarters for a burgeoning anti-American movement in the unconquered territory along the Wabash River.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
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Gemma reluctantly agrees to rebuild her impudent robot in a new body, and the sequel ends with an explosive showdown between Amelia and M3GAN, who nearly dies in a noble attempt to save Gemma and her niece, Cady (Violet McGraw).—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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One chord appears to speak to the other, sounding almost impudent in their simplicity, equal parts ecstatic and heartbreakingly melancholic.—
Sam Davies,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2025
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The warm-weather state, which is best known for its soft, white quartz sand, has surprisingly diverse landscapes—take the vast, untamed expanse of the Everglades for example, or its rolling pine forests and crystal-clear freshwater springs.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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And buyers will need to dip heavily into that options offering to really build up a camper that's ready to make the push into untamed wilds with critical amenities like off-grid electricity and all-season climate control on board.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 June 2025
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Mountains as towering, imposing and seemingly unconquerable landscapes have been metaphorically linked to power and challenge.—
Jenny Hall,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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The Latin word Invictus means unconquerable or undefeated.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
18 Apr. 2025
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One’s insolent, calling him lame and old, and the other affectedly infantile, but both are exhausting in their own way.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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The government, in an insolent filing on Sunday evening, rewrote that instruction.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
27 Dec. 2022
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The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Dec. 2022
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The Chinese empire had long been regarded as fearsome and indomitable, but not anymore.—
Sam Kelly,
Time,
8 July 2025
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But then came the indomitable Alcaraz that Sinner will have to find some way to overcome Sunday.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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“Unsubdued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsubdued. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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