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ungovernable
[uhn-guhv-er-nuh-buhl]
adjective
impossible to govern, rule, or restrain; uncontrollable.
ungovernable
/ ʌˈɡʌəəə /
adjective
not able to be disciplined, restrained, etc
an ungovernable temper
Other Word Forms
- ungovernability noun
- ungovernableness noun
- ungovernably adverb
- ܲˈDZԲ adverb
- ܲˈDZԲԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of ungovernable1
Example Sentences
“They are making it seem as if without this kind of major intervention and excessive force, that these people are ungovernable.”
Worries have simmered over an increasingly ungovernable group within the conservative movement.
He stopped short of saying the Conservative Party was "ungovernable", characterising his account as more of a "description of politics more generally".
So as I watched canary-yellow Canadian Super Scooper planes roar into Los Angeles to help douse the ungovernable firestorms threatening my home, my grieving Nova Scotian heart soared: reciprocity between old friends.
The instability in the country, due to widespread jihadist insurgency, has made much of the north and east ungovernable.
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