uncontrolled experiment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofuncontrolledandexperiment
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uncontrolled
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.kənˈtrəʊld/us/ˌʌn.kənˈtroʊld/
(of an emotion, vehicle, etc.) not under a ...
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experiment
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪkˈsper.ɪ.mənt/us/ɪkˈsper.ə.mənt/
a test done in order to learn something or to discover if something works or ...
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(Definition ofuncontrolledandexperimentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If that is true, their observations are uncontrolled observations in the sense of anuncontrolledexperiment.
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Every day in this city an enormous,uncontrolledexperimentis taking place.
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As this enormously dangerous,uncontrolledexperimentis occurring in our cities every fine day, how on earth can we contemplate doubling the growth of traffic?
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I am sad to see that, in the absence of such a proposal, we are going down the route of anotheruncontrolledexperiment, thinking that we have got it right.
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There is uncertainty as to the results; and there is, of course, a thing we must watch ail the time—the danger of disastrous accident if there wereuncontrolledexperiment.
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Anuncontrolledexperimentbecomes a speculation.
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An observer of anuncontrolledexperiment(or process) records potential factors and the data output: the goal is to determine the effects of the factors.
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It leads to uncontrolled experimenting on patients and can induce considerable harms.
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He also argues that the scientific evidence for the relative effectiveness of specific restraint methods is limited and therefore banning prone holds would constitute a large scaleuncontrolledexperiment.
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Dramatic results in uncontrolled experiments (such as the results of the introduction of penicillin treatment in the 1940s) could also be regarded as this type of evidence.
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