ungovernability

un·gov·ern·a·ble (

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adj.

Incapable of being governed, restrained, or controlled.

un·govern·a·bly adv.

ungovernable [ʌnˈgʌvənəb^əl]

adj

not able to be disciplined, restrained, etc. an ungovernable temper

ungovernableness n

ungovernably adv

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Adj.

ungovernable - of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

indocile, uncontrollable, unruly

difficult, unmanageable - hard to control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"

ungovernable

adjective

1. unruly, rebellious, unmanageable, refractory The country has become ungovernable.

2. uncontrollable, wild, unrestrainable He was filled with an ungovernable rage.

Translations

ungovernable [ʌnˈgʌvənəbl] ADJ → ingobernable; [temper] → incontrolable, irrefrenable

ungovernable [ˌʌnˈgʌvə^rnəb^əl] adj

[country, province] → ingouvernable

(= uncontrollable) [rage, passion] → ingouvernable

ungovernable

adj

desire, passion, rage → unbezähmbar; temper → unbeherrscht

country, people → unlenkbar, nicht zu regieren pred

ungovernable [ʌnˈgʌv/ənəbl] adj (country) → ingovernabile; (passion) → incontrollabile

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disorderly
Dreiser
Enfroward
furious
headstrong
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indocile
insubordinate
intemperate
intractable
Masterless
mutinous
obedient
obstreperous
problem
rampant
rebellious
recalcitrant
riotous

Saudi Arabia is already Yemen's biggest aid donor, but its financial support may not be enough to brake the impoverished country's slide toward dangerous ungovernability.

Saudi forces assault rebels, wary of Yemen entanglement by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)

Hence meeting the opposition halfway may be the most logical way-out of an impasse that threatens to drown Lebanon once again into the throes of ungovernability.

Our Say... Governing Lebanon by The Star (Amman, Jordan)

as echoed in the text below it, "From Ungovernability to People's Power.

Moms with guns: women's political agency in anti-apartheid visual ... by Miller, Kim / African Arts

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