uncontrollable
Use Uncontrollable in a sentence
kənˈtroʊ 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 (ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| incapable of being controlled or managed | |
| uncontrolla'bility | |
| —n | |
| uncon'trollableness | |
| —n | |
| uncon'trollably | |
| —adv | |
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Uncontrollable
is always a great word to know.
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Example sentences
When the explosion came, it was violent, and it revealed the almost uncontrollable rage felt by the country's majority.
Fliers need to learn to cope with uncontrollable events.
The challenge is to find ways to gain some control over a situation that seems uncontrollable.
In the last century, however, surgeons have performed it hundreds of times for disorders uncontrollable in any other way.
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