freewheeling

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːˌ(h)wiːlɪŋ/ / /ˌfɹiːˈ(h)wiːlɪŋ/ / /ˈfɹiˌ(h)wilɪŋ/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English fre English free Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English freewheel Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English freewheeling From freewheel + -ing.

Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.
“We are confident that such a provision will be drafted such that it will not allow the President to vitiate the intent of the bill through "freewheeling" negotiations.”
“To begin with, the advisory panel did not operate in the freewheeling fashion that the plaintiff's brief seems to suggest. There was not a disregard by SIDG [Subsystems Integration Design Group] of the contractual implications of the action that it was generating.”

verb

present participle and gerund of freewheel.