uncaught

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Recent Examples of uncaught The Cubs carried a two-run lead into the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres, owners of the best record in baseball, when everything started to unravel after an uncaught fly ball. Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025 From demons to death cults, uncaught killers to unsolved disappearances, these genre films have proven that truth is not just stranger, but also scarier than fiction. Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024 Despite a massive daily cleanup operation that leaves the post-parade landscape remarkably clean, uncaught beads dangle from tree limbs like Spanish moss and get ground into the mud under the feet of passers-by. Kevin McGill, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024 If not, the killer dies and remains uncaught. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2021 That ratio can then be used to calculate the number that went uncaught in real life. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2021 Fishing for coho has been excellent at times and biologists said 44,000 hatchery coho remained uncaught Monday from the quota of 84,000. Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2022 Families of victims featured in Kansas' card deck described to CNN a torturous wait for resolution, with some also fearing for their own safety as the killers remain uncaught. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 7 Aug. 2022 An event of that kind can slip away uncaught, because resisting the familiar language resists the familiar point. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncaught
Adjective
  • Americans believe in fairness and compassion and Trump has been the opposite in his unbound eagerness to round up people.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Unlike regular magazines, Billboard Artist is a large-format, unbound conceptual edition where each page feels like a collectible poster.
    Billboard Korea, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Hopkins returned to the part twice — gleefully unrestrained in Hannibal (2001) and altogether too restrained in Red Dragon (2002).
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Amid such unrestrained play, the mind seizes all the more fiercely onto recurring images.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This accounted for just 3 percent of heating fires overall, but these led to more than 40 percent of fatalities, in part because portable heaters tend to be placed precisely where people live and sleep, and because the resulting fires are far more likely to be unconfined.
    Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2025
  • But even with this extensive network, there still is a need for improvements to address data gaps and enhance the representation of different aquifers, both in confined and unconfined conditions.
    Claire Marks, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Her blonde hair was styled in loose waves that framed the face.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 4 May 2025
  • Backfill the hole with loose, loamy soil and water well.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
Adjective
  • Invention flourished in an ethos of imagination and unfettered investigation.
    Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
  • While Congress has largely been relegated to the sidelines under Trump’s second Administration, most Republicans on Capitol Hill have supported his unfettered use of executive power.
    Nik Popli, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Embracing undone beauty, great outerwear and proportions.
    Luisa Zargani, WWD, 2 Mar. 2025
  • An elevated messy bun has the same undone look as your on-the-go style, just with more precision and prep.
    Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 7 Feb. 2025

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“Uncaught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncaught. Accessed 10 May. 2025.

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