uncontrollable

[ uhn-kuhn-troh-luh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.

noun
  1. something, as an obligation, that cannot be controlled, reduced, or dispensed with: the uncontrollables in the new federal budget.

Origin of uncontrollable

1
First recorded in 1570–80; un-1 + control + -able

Other words from uncontrollable

  • un·con·trol·la·bly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for uncontrollable

uncontrollable

/ (ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbəl) /


adjective
  1. incapable of being controlled or managed

Derived forms of uncontrollable

  • uncontrollability or uncontrollableness, noun
  • uncontrollably, adverb

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