Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Impossible to control or govern.
from The Century Dictionary.
- That cannot be controlled or ruled; ungovernable; intolerant of restraint: as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable subjects; uncontrollable events.
- Indisputable; irrefragable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible.
- adjective rare Indisputable; irrefragable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not able to be
controlled ,contained orgoverned .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective difficult to solve or alleviate
- adjective impossible to repress or control
- adjective incapable of being controlled or managed
- adjective of persons
Etymologies
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Examples
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He said poorer nations were being made to bear the brunt of what he described as the uncontrollable quest for industrial growth by richer ones.
Flood article from the BBC Britta 2007
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He said poorer nations were being made to bear the brunt of what he described as the uncontrollable quest for industrial growth by richer ones.
Archive 2007-02-01 Britta 2007
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'That, and what he called his uncontrollable temper, and his responsibilities as sub-prefect.'
A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900
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His aunt, Pamela Gordon, also talked about a mental episode and what she called uncontrollable fits of rage.
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Inspire of whatever ideas you might have to the contrary troops are rarely in uncontrollable naked situations in billets, in dorms or In the field.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel 2010
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Inspire of whatever ideas you might have to the contrary troops are rarely in uncontrollable naked situations in billets, in dorms or In the field.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel 2010
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IF you had a shred of decency you would bust out in uncontrollable sobbing everytime you look in the mirror from sheer shame about what a stupid and pathetic punkass troll you are
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I was at University and in uncontrollable lust with a girl called Phillipa ..
Archive 2007-03-25 Newmania 2007
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I was at University and in uncontrollable lust with a girl called Phillipa ..
The Ages of Drinking Newmania 2007
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If obsession is about repetition and patterns of behaviour and often a means of gaining control in uncontrollable situations then the order that Jude aches to find in her life is being cleverly reflected visually in the unusual use and placing of words on the page.
In Search of Adam 2007
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