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unchannelled adjective UK(USunchanneled)uk /ˌʌnˈtʃæn.əld/ us /ˌʌnˈtʃæn.əld/ If a strong feeling is unchannelled, it stays inside someone because they do not have anywhere to direct it: We need to find ways to prevent this unchannelled aggression erupting into violence. I think there's a lot of unchannelled frustration by consumers about the way they're being treated. The situation was creating social unrest which, left unchannelled, resulted in a disproportionate representation of some groups in prisons. Animals wash themselves or find a tree to scratch, thus displacing their unchannelled anxiety. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Controlling emotions anger management blackmail bottle bottle something up breaking point choke compose cork dysregulated dysregulation emotional blackmailidiom fight back frustrated play it coolidiom put on a brave faceidiom repress repressed repression self-possessed temperate |