runaway
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5.2
- adjective
- /ˈrʌnəˌweɪ/
:
descontrolado
- And he was painfully cognizant of what a runaway greenhouse effect would do to our planet.
- runaway inflation
- runaway growth
- runaway train
So I, I'm just, I'm on like a runaway train of fatness right now.
- So I, I'm just, I'm on like a runaway train of fatness right now.
- It seems to me like it's a case of like runaway laziness.
- Rofessional forecasters don't see hyper runaway inflation.
- And he was painfully cognizant of what a runaway greenhouse effect would do to our planet.
- We don't know how long that runaway mode is going to last.
- One is that immediately raises King Charles fear of grey goo of runaway mutant self reproducing things.
- Are we at the point of no return with runaway climate change?
- What you're describing essentially are people who to the very famous runaway trolley experiment thought experiment.
Examples
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Are we at the point of no return with runaway climate change?
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We're not, we're not, we're not on a runaway train here.
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He's like a runaway train!
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They're fed up with Washington and sick of runaway spending.
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And so it's an existential challenge to the entire human rights movement if we're unable to limit runaway greenhouse gas emissions.
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But I know there is a runaway greenhouse effect on Venus, which may cause it to be hotter.
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This is why the world crawling out of, you know, post lockdown trauma, dealing with runaway inflation hates you.
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The recent wildfires are a result of the runaway effects of climate change in our region.
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The manager warned that runaway inflation could have serious implications for the economy.
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During the meeting, the discussion turned into a runaway debate that lasted for hours.
Synonyms
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8.1
Mentally confused and behaving wildly
Antonyms
Compounds
A small plant often grown in hanging baskets with trailing stems, rounded leaves and small purple flowers
How Uncontrolled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Runaway comes from run and away, the idea of something 'running away' from control. That's why a runaway fire or inflation is something growing fast and hard to stop.