incontrollable
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of incontrollable
First recorded in 1590–1600; in- 3 + controllable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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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
Looking at him for some time in silent surprise, the chiefs burst into an incontrollable fit of laughter, accompanied with snapping their fingers.
From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler
If such a passion as jealousy seizes him, it will swell into a well-nigh incontrollable flood.
From Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil)
For records of travel he craved with an incontrollable passion: a feeling which was, in reality, but a revivification of the ardour awakened in his boyish mind by the adventures of the shipwrecked Crusoe.
From Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) by Cooper, Thomas
"Where are your Things?" asked Mrs. Wragge, with a burst of incontrollable anxiety.
From No Name by Collins, Wilkie
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