uncontrollable

[uhn-kuhn-troh-luh-buhl]

un·con·trol·la·ble

[uhn-kuhn-troh-luh-buhl]
adjective
1.
incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
noun
2.
something, as an obligation, that cannot be controlled, reduced, or dispensed with: the uncontrollables in the new federal budget.

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Uncontrollable has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.

Origin:
1570–80; un-1 + control + -able

un·con·trol·la·bly, adverb
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uncontrollable (ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbəl)
 
adj
incapable of being controlled or managed
 
uncontrolla'bility
 
n
 
uncon'trollableness
 
n
 
uncon'trollably
 
adv

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