Definition of "unbridled"

unbridled

adjective
comparative more unbridled, superlative most unbridled
1. Not fitted with a bridle.
2. (by extension) Without restraint or limit.
  Quotations
  The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum; after which the former gave a loose to mirth, sang two or three amorous songs, and fell into every frantic disorder which unbridled joy is apt to inspire […]
  1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […]
  In a very precise voice, Miss Marley said to Jasper, "No, Jasper, I would never submit myself to the unbridled transports of passion."
  1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, page 128
  Unbridled competition between the different means of transport is eliminated by a licensing system, to which all transport concerns, whether by land or water, are subjected for both regular and occasional transport.
  1962 March, J. M. Tolson, “The Netherlands Railways today—I: The economic development of the Netherlands Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 170
  His contempt was totally unbridled, as though my goal was a personal affront to him and all humanity.
  2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 131
verb
1. simple past of unbridle