uncontrollable
Uncontrollable things can't be managed or influenced. An uncontrollable three-year-old can be a handful, while a politician with an uncontrollable desire for power can be dangerous.
If you fly off the handle at the smallest irritation, snapping angrily at the people around you, you have an uncontrollable temper. And when you and your best friend burst into giggles in the middle of chemistry class, it's uncontrollable laughter that's going to get you in trouble. When something is controllable, it can be restricted or restrained. Add the "not" prefix un-, and you've got something uncontrollable.
Definitions of uncontrollable
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incapable of being controlled or managed“uncontrollable children”
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synonyms:
uncorrectable, unmanageable
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incorrigible
impervious to correction by punishment
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incorrigible
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of persons
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synonyms:
indocile, ungovernable, unruly
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difficult, unmanageable
hard to control
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difficult, unmanageable
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impossible to repress or control“uncontrollable laughter”
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synonyms:
irrepressible
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uncontrolled
not being under control; out of control
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uncontrolled
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difficult to solve or alleviate
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