contain
verb (used with object)
to hold or include within its volume or area.
uncontainable
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a word derived from
contain.
Example Sentences
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Word-of-mouth for her sophomore novel “The Immortalists,” about a quartet of siblings who all learn the exact date of their future deaths, was uncontainable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Still, non-TV-writer me was struck by futurist Sinead Bovell’s forceful comments on artificial intelligence, perceived by many Hollywood writers as a potentially uncontainable beast poised to ravage their livelihood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
By June, it was so big that it was uncontainable.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2023
Pali was a patchwork hybrid, an uncontainable advancement — an associative language model analog, built on the back of its symbolic-knowledge-model predecessor.
From Salon ● May 21, 2023
His dad's eyes were wide with surprise and pleasure, and his smile was uncontainable.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
