uncontrollable

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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uncontrollable

(ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbəl)
adj
incapable of being controlled or managed
ˌunconˌtrollaˈbility, ˌunconˈtrollableness n
ˌunconˈtrollably adv
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.uncontrollable - difficult to solve or alleviateuncontrollable - difficult to solve or alleviate; "uncontrollable pain"
intractable - not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal"
2.uncontrollable - of personsuncontrollable - of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
difficult, unmanageable - hard to control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"
3.uncontrollable - incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"
incorrigible - impervious to correction by punishment
4.uncontrollable - impossible to repress or controluncontrollable - impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"
uncontrolled - not being under control; out of control; "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth"
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uncontrollable

adjective
1. unmanageable, violent, strong, wild, mad, furious, frantic, irresistible, carried away, unruly, irrepressible, ungovernable, beside yourself, like one possessed When he lost his temper, he was uncontrollable.
2. violent, wild, unruly, unmanageable, ungovernable The situation could become uncontrollable.
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uncontrollable

adjective
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Translations
لا يـُمْكِنُ التَّحَكُّمُ فيه
nezadržitelný
ukontrollabel
unkontrollierbar
ακυβέρνητοςανεξέλεγκτος
incontrolable
hallitsematon
incontrôlable
neobuzdan
incontrollabileindomabileincontenibile
制御できない
통제할 수 없는
onbeheerst
ukontrollerbar
nieposkromiony
incontrolável
неуправляемый
okontrollerad
ที่ควบคุมไม่ได้
kontrol edilemez
không thể kiềm chế
无法控制的

uncontrollable

[ˈʌnkənˈtrəʊləbl] ADJ
1. (= irrepressible) [rage, desire] → incontenible, incontrolable; [urge] → irrefrenable, incontenible; [laughter] → incontenible
2. (= involuntary) [movement, spasm] → incontrolable
3. (= unmanageable) [person, animal, situation] → incontrolable; [car, boat, aeroplane] → fuera de control
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uncontrollable

[ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbəl] adj
[emotion, urge, rage, laughter] → incontrôlable
[child, dog] → incontrôlable
[situation, events] → incontrôlable
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uncontrollable

adjunkontrollierbar; childnicht zu bändigend attr, → nicht zu bändigen pred; car, boat, aeroplane, horse, dognicht unter Kontrolle zu bringend attr, → nicht unter Kontrolle zu bringen pred; rage, laughter, mirthunbezähmbar; desire, urgeunbezwinglich, unwiderstehlich; (physical) → unkontrollierbar; twitchunkontrolliert; the epidemic is now uncontrollabledie Epidemie ist nicht mehr unter Kontrolle zu bekommen; to become uncontrollableaußer Kontrolle geraten; to have an uncontrollable temperunbeherrscht sein
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uncontrollable

[ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbl] adj (desire, epidemic) → incontrollabile; (child) → indisciplinato/a; (laughter) → irrefrenabile; (temper, reaction) → incontrollato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

uncontrollable

لا يـُمْكِنُ التَّحَكُّمُ فيه nezadržitelný ukontrollabel unkontrollierbar ανεξέλεγκτος incontrolable hallitsematon incontrôlable neobuzdan incontrollabile 制御できない 통제할 수 없는 onbeheerst ukontrollerbar nieposkromiony incontrolável неуправляемый okontrollerad ที่ควบคุมไม่ได้ kontrol edilemez không thể kiềm chế 无法控制的
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