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Meanings of uncontrollable in English

Of persons.

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        Incapable of being controlled or managed.

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              Examples for "unruly"
              Examples for "unruly"
              1
              That governance sometimes means bringing order to unruly elements in said Association.
              Ebony
              2
              Dilapidated and squalid, the unruly settlements have few health and social services.
              Reuters
              3
              However, one of the unruly protesters has now been brought to book.
              The South African
              4
              The boys had never been so unruly; the girls never so inattentive.
              Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
              5
              A transatlantic flight made an emergency landing today after an unruly and
              The Irish Times
              1
              The effect of it was to make the poor beast quite ungovernable.
              Finished
              2
              In their ungovernable turbulence, they remind us of the Prætorians of Rome.
              General History for Colleges and High Schools
              3
              Frantic with almost ungovernable rage, I sought my father in his study.
              A Master of Mysteries
              4
              Being ungovernable has become endemic, said Claudio Tito, columnist for La Repubblica.
              The South African
              5
              You will not pretend to justify the excesses of his ungovernable passion.
              Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
              1
              MUSTANG, n. An indocile horse of the western plains.
              The Devil's Dictionary
              2
              We are indocile to put up with grief, however.
              The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
              3
              Aldonza was by no means indocile or incapable.
              The Armourer's Prentices
              4
              The chambers are indocile for the same reason; encourage every body, and every body will be on your side.
              Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 18...
              5
              How superior also the elevated brain of the poodle dog, when compared with that of the indocile, snarling cur!
              Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 / Volume 1, Number 1

              Impossible to repress or control.

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                    Usage of uncontrollable in English
                    1
                    New Yorkers have an almost uncontrollable tendency to envy other New Yorkers.
                    The new yorker
                    2
                    Unpredictable and uncontrollable stressful events have been shown to affect cognitive processes.
                    Pubmed
                    3
                    At sight of the flowers the queen of the skaters becomes uncontrollable.
                    Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates
                    4
                    All the city was in a state of uncontrollable fright and agitation.
                    French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
                    5
                    This presents the risk of your vehicle going into an uncontrollable slide.
                    The South African
                    6
                    An uncontrollable loathing for the woman urged him on; conscience was disregarded.
                    Up in Ardmuirland
                    7
                    Something in his face relaxed beneath the force of an uncontrollable emotion.
                    The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
                    8
                    Suffering because they expend so much energy trying to control the uncontrollable.
                    No More Mr. Nice Guy!
                    9
                    Even though we knew it was going to happen, we were uncontrollable.
                    The Guardian
                    10
                    Most of the time, Nicodemus's touch had made magical text dangerously uncontrollable.
                    Spellwright
                    11
                    Mrs. Whitford broke down and sobbed in an uncontrollable passion of grief.
                    Danger; Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend
                    12
                    But the House rocked with uncontrollable laughter at the face of Gwynplaine.
                    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction
                    13
                    It rose up in and pervaded him, uncontrollable as a physical malady.
                    Six Women
                    14
                    Then she sank into her chair in an uncontrollable outburst of grief.
                    Without a Home
                    15
                    He jumped up from his chair in a fit of uncontrollable rage.
                    The Idiot
                    16
                    Suddenly the Emperor was there, looking on, chuckling with uncontrollable, pleased agitation.
                    Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
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