ungovernable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
un- + governable
Adjective[edit]
ungovernable (comparative more ungovernable, superlative most ungovernable)
- Not governable; unable to be governed.
- 1982, Mancur Olson, The Rise and Decline of Nations, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 8:
- The concern about ungovernability in the United States often takes the form of complaints about “single-issue” politics and the limited influence and discipline of American political parties. Thus our next question is, Why are some modern societies to some degree ungovernable?
- 2022 November 2, Christian Wolmar, “Some early policy pointers, but we remain in a state of flux”, in RAIL, number 969, page 45:
- While there is no mechanism to force a General Election, the internal wrangling within the Tory party may mean that ultimately the new PM will simply be so exhausted by the chaos that the country becomes ungovernable.
- Unable to be managed or controlled.
- a man with an ungovernable temper
Translations[edit]
not governable
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