incontrollable

American  

[in-kuhn-troh-luh-buhl] / ˌɪn kənˈtroʊ lə bəl /

adjective

1. uncontrollable.

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incontrollable British  

/ ˌɪnkənˈtrəʊləbəl /

adjective

1. a less common word for uncontrollable

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Other Word Forms

• incontrollably adverb

Etymology

Origin of incontrollable

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

Example Sentences

Incontrollable tears trickled down his old face.

From Literature

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 Project Gutenberg

Another observable fact is, that these animals are generally as opposite in tempers as they are in appearance, so that while one is wishful of going to the east, the other has an incontrollable desire of proceeding in the opposite direction.

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Looking at him for some time in silent surprise, the chiefs burst into an incontrollable fit of laughter, accompanied with snapping their fingers.

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Finally, gentlemen, I appeal to your justice, and I think you will now admit that the interesting and unfortunate Mysouff has but yielded, not only to incontrollable natural instincts, but also to foreign influence.

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