Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Difficult or impossible to manage or control.
- adjective Difficult to carry or maneuver; unwieldy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.
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- adjective Not
manageable ; not readilysubmitting tohandling ormanagement ; not easilyrestrained ,governed , ordirected ; notcontrollable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
- adjective difficult to solve or alleviate
- adjective incapable of being controlled or managed
- adjective hard to control
Etymologies
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Examples
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But it will prevent the worst kind of loans: short-term, high interest loans that can be the first stroke towards drowning in unmanageable debt.
National Usury Limit Could Reduce Number Of People Paying Debt Until They Die - The Consumerist 2009
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However, this negativity — and its difficulty — conceals the negativity and the difficulty that remain unmanageable.
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It is no wonder that the word "unmanageable" was applied to our hair.
friday morning hair and black history. cimmerians 2009
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It is no wonder that the word "unmanageable" was applied to our hair.
moar riverafire 2009
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Metro's rail system will reach its capacity in 2020 creating "unmanageable" levels of congestion, Metro officials said Thursday.
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A presentation on Metro's rail fleet Thursday projected "unmanageable" congestion of the system when it reaches capacity in 2020.
Metro will raise fares, but board is split over which commuters get hit harder 2010
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The 20-year-old, described by Internazionale's former manager José Mourinho as "unmanageable", smiled disarmingly and turned to the man posing the question.
I'm no bad boy, says Manchester City's new signing Mario Balotelli 2010
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As Washington's public transit network grows more congested, with Metro projecting "unmanageable" levels of saturation on its rail system by 2020, the phenomenon of people taking up more than their share of space is becoming increasingly touchy.
As Metro congestion grows, so does anger at 'seat hogs' 2010
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A presentation on Metro's rail fleet Thursday projected "unmanageable" congestion of the system when it reaches capacity in 2020.
Metro will raise fares, but board is split over which commuters get hit harder 2010
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A presentation on Metro's rail fleet Thursday projected "unmanageable" congestion of the system when it reaches capacity in 2020.
Metro will raise fares, but board is split over which commuters get hit harder 2010
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