incontrollable
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of incontrollable
First recorded in 1590–1600; in- 3 + controllable ( def. )
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Dick Fuld is reading his opening statement which can be found in full here, declaring that his bank's demise was caused by "incontrollable market forces" and "incorrect rumours" about its financial position.
From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2010
It broke in a shout of high, incontrollable mirth, and he leaned back and shook in his chair until the tears streamed down his cheeks.
From The Westcotes by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
A stronger and hardier brute never trod the prairie; but the novel sight of the buffalo filled him with terror, and when at full speed he was almost incontrollable.
From The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life by Parkman, Francis
"What do you mean by a new voice?" she asked, seized with incontrollable anger.
From A Room with a View by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)
Just as soon as they git to be as overbearin' an' as incontrollable as we are, then there's goin' to be thunder to pay.
From Anderson Crow, Detective by McCutcheon, George Barr
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