uncontrollable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ controllable

Pronunciation

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Adjective

uncontrollable (comparative more uncontrollable, superlative most uncontrollable)

1. Not able to be controlled, contained or governed.

   She got the uncontrollable urge for some chocolate.

Derived terms

• uncontrollability
• uncontrollableness
• uncontrollably

Related terms

• control
• controllable

Translations

Not able to be controlled, contained or governed

• Catalan: incontrolable
• Finnish: hillitön (fi), kontrolloimaton, pitelemätön, hallitsematon (fi)
• French: incontrôlable (fr)
• Galician: incontrolable (gl), incontrolábel (gl)
• Georgian: არაკონტროლირებადი (araḳonṭrolirebadi)
• German: unkontrollierbar
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• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄσχετος (áskhetos), ἀκατάσχετος (akatáskhetos)

• Hungarian: irányíthatatlan (hu)
• Italian: incontrollabile (it)
• Romanian: incontrolabil, necontrolabil
• Russian: неуправля́емый (ru) (neupravljájemyj), неконтроли́руемый (ru) (nekontrolírujemyj)
• Spanish: incontrolable (es)

References

• “uncontrollable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “uncontrollable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.