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uncontrollable

[uhn-kuhn-troh-luh-buhl]

adjective

  1. incapable of being controlled or restrained.

    uncontrollable anger.



noun

  1. something, as an obligation, that cannot be controlled, reduced, or dispensed with.

    the uncontrollables in the new federal budget.

uncontrollable

/ ˌʌ԰əˈٰəʊəə /

adjective

  1. incapable of being controlled or managed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • uncontrollably adverb
  • ˌܲԳDzˌٰDZˈٲ noun
  • ˌܲԳDzˈٰDZ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of uncontrollable1

First recorded in 1570–80; un- 1 + control + -able
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Earlier in the morning, Houston said Kirk should never be allowed to be a police officer or own a firearm again, given the “uncontrollable rage” he aimed at her on the day of the incident.

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In some stores, the craze grew uncontrollable, forcing staff members to limit how many bags consumers could purchase.

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After Week 2, nothing I did was right, and his once-gentle nature fractured into an uncontrollable and constant rage.

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He also receives injections that help prevent “uncontrollable seizures.”

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Just as uncontrollable financial, demographic and other forces have wreaked havoc in Hollywood, California’s wine industry is now reeling from epochal stresses that are grinding down yet another mainstay of the state’s economy.

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