Unmanageable
Use Unmanageable in a sentence
ɪ adjective
that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
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manageable (ˈmænɪdʒəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| able to be managed or controlled | |
| managea'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'manageableness | |
| —n | |
| 'manageably | |
| —adv | |
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Unmanageable
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| unmanageable (ʌnˈmænɪdʒəbəl) | |
| —adj | |
| difficult or impossible to control, use, or manipulate | |
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Example sentences
Sometimes the program becomes unmanageable as it gets larger.
These days, though, her troubles have become increasingly unmanageable.
So vast a continent and of such a distance from the seat of empire will every day grow more unmanageable.
But in earlier times it was the dumping ground for various incorrigible or unmanageable members of society.
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