Definitions for uncontrollable

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un`con•trol′la•ble(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. uncontrollable, unmanageable(adj)

    difficult to solve or alleviate

    "uncontrollable pain"

  2. indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly(adj)

    of persons

    "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

  3. uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageable(adj)

    incapable of being controlled or managed

    "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"

  4. irrepressible, uncontrollable(adj)

    impossible to repress or control

    "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"

Wiktionary

  1. uncontrollable(Adjective)

    Not able to be controlled, contained or governed.

    She got the uncontrollable urge for some chocolate.

  2. Origin: From un- + controllable.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Uncontrollable(adj)

    incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events

  2. Uncontrollable(adj)

    indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; an uncontrollable title


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