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uncontrollable

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un⋅con⋅trol⋅la⋅ble

  [uhn-kuhn-troh-luh-buhl]
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–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.
Origin:
1570–80; un- 1 + control + -able

Related forms:
un⋅con⋅trol⋅la⋅bly, adverb
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un·con·trol·la·ble   (ŭn'kən-trō'lə-bəl)   
adj.  Impossible to control or govern: an uncontrollable urge for a chocolate bar; uncontrollable rebels.
un'con·trol'la·bil'i·ty, un'con·trol'la·ble·ness n., un'con·trol'la·bly adv.
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