uncontrollable

[ uhn-kuhn-troh-luh-buhl ]

adjective

1. incapable of being controlled or restrained:

   uncontrollable anger.

noun

1. something, as an obligation, that cannot be controlled, reduced, or dispensed with:

   the uncontrollables in the new federal budget.

uncontrollable

/ ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being controlled or managed

Derived Forms

• ˌunconˈtrollably, adverb
• ˌunconˌtrollaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• uncon·trolla·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of uncontrollable¹

First recorded in 1570–80; un- ¹ + control + -able

Example Sentences

From that day forward, I never again wanted to use a machine gun because it was an uncontrollable weapon for somebody like me.

From Ozy

Chronic exposure to violence can disrupt a child’s brain development and inflict profound mental harm — depression, anxiety, sleeplessness — and uncontrollable anger.

From Washington Post

Fifty-mile-an-hour winds quickly stoked both into uncontrollable infernos.

From Outside Online

I really like that this desk organizer has five distinct areas for sorting things, so I can keep track of work and personal papers separately and feel a little bit more in control during an uncontrollable situation.

From Fortune

Leonardo da Vinci even thought of including horses into the cranking scope, but later thought against it due to the uncontrollable nature of animals.

From Realm of History

Q: So there's no side effects like uncontrollable diarrhea or bleeding profusely through your eyes?

From The Daily Beast

It has no cure and as many as 90 per cent of its victims die, often from uncontrollable internal and external bleeding.

From The Daily Beast

I spend waking hours in a fog of delirium, punctuated by uncontrollable giggle fits, heart palpitations, and mental anguish.

From The Daily Beast

It starts with symptoms that look a lot like a common cold, which then turn into weeks of uncontrollable coughing.

From The Daily Beast

First, at that height the airplane would be way beyond its operational ceiling and uncontrollable.

From The Daily Beast

But thenceforth the insurgent troops became quite uncontrollable and insolent to their officers.

From Project Gutenberg

With an uncontrollable outburst of grief and anger he dashed the violin to the floor, where it lay a hopeless wreck.

From Project Gutenberg

There was time enough to seek his passport, and Isabel could well imagine that his impatience was not uncontrollable.

From Project Gutenberg

It would, without doubt, be very easy to advance the uncontrollable impulse as an excuse for many criminal actions.

From Project Gutenberg

Charles, on hearing their statements, burst into one of his fits of uncontrollable anger. '

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• fractious
• intractable
• irresistible
• lawless
• undisciplined
• unmanageable
• unruly
• violent