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ungovernable

[uhn-guhv-er-nuh-buhl]

adjective

  1. impossible to govern, rule, or restrain; uncontrollable.



ungovernable

/ ʌˈɡʌəəə /

adjective

  1. not able to be disciplined, restrained, etc

    an ungovernable temper

“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

  • ungovernability noun
  • ungovernableness noun
  • ungovernably adverb
  • ܲˈDZԲ adverb
  • ܲˈDZԲԱ noun
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“They are making it seem as if without this kind of major intervention and excessive force, that these people are ungovernable.”

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Worries have simmered over an increasingly ungovernable group within the conservative movement.

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He stopped short of saying the Conservative Party was "ungovernable", characterising his account as more of a "description of politics more generally".

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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.

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The instability in the country, due to widespread jihadist insurgency, has made much of the north and east ungovernable.

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