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incontrollable

[ in-kuhn-troh-luh-buhl ]

incontrollable

/ ˌɪnkənˈtrəʊləbəl /

adjective

  1. a less common word for uncontrollable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌinconˈtrollably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • incon·trolla·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of incontrollable1

First recorded in 1590–1600; in- 3 + controllable ( def )
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Example Sentences

Ye br-reak into Hogan's house some night sufferin' fr'm an incontrollable impulse to take his watch.

And with that there came a mighty and an incontrollable impulse to set it down, so as to preserve what I had seen.

The doctor answered with a smile that roused the master of the house to a pitch of incontrollable fury.

She asked herself whether he had seen Leonetta, and what he thought of her, and she was seized by an incontrollable shudder.

If such a passion as jealousy seizes him, it will swell into a well-nigh incontrollable flood.

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