uncontrollable

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌʌnkəˈntroʊləbəl/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Not able to be controlled, managed, or restrained; impossible to keep in check or govern.; Not able to be subdued or calmed, especially referring to emotions or impulses.; Incapable of being regulated or directed, often referring to a person who is difficult to manage or discipline.; Not subject to control or authority; ungovernable in a political or social sense.; Exceeding the capacity of any mechanism or system to manage, as in medical or technical contexts.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more uncontrollable Superlative: most uncontrollable

Collocations

uncontrollable urgeuncontrollable laughteruncontrollable angeruncontrollable impulseuncontrollable desireuncontrollable rage

Derivatives

uncontrollablycontrollablecontrolcontrollercontrolleduncontrolled

Synonyms

ungovernableunmanageableirrepressibleunrestrainablewildunchecked

Antonyms

controllablemanageablegovernable

Commonly confused

uncontrolled
EN: 'Uncontrollable' means inherently impossible to control (a quality), while 'uncontrolled' means not currently being controlled (a state).

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the double 'l' in 'controllable' — a common error is writing 'controlable' with a single 'l'.

💬 Examples

  1. The fire spread with uncontrollable speed through the dry forest.

  2. She burst into uncontrollable laughter during the serious meeting.

  3. The teacher found the class to be completely uncontrollable without additional supervision.

  4. The region remained uncontrollable by the central government for decades.

  5. The patient experienced uncontrollable bleeding that required emergency surgery.