uncontrollable

[uhn-kuh n-troh-luh-buh l]

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adjective

incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.

noun

something, as an obligation, that cannot be controlled, reduced, or dispensed with: the uncontrollables in the new federal budget.

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Origin of uncontrollable

First recorded in 1570–80; un-¹ + control + -able

Related formsun·con·trol·la·bly, adverb

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First, at that height the airplane would be way beyond its operational ceiling and uncontrollable.
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Sam uttered an uncontrollable howl and sprang upon Penrod, catching him round the waist.
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Seized by an uncontrollable impulse he left the cabin and directed his steps towards the square.
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But when Barret went on further to describe the meeting in the Eagle Pass, she went off into uncontrollable laughter.
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I was awakened one night by the uncontrollable weeping of my mother.
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The House burst into shouts of uncontrollable laughter, and adjourned for the night.
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British Dictionary definitions for uncontrollable

uncontrollable

adjective

incapable of being controlled or managed

Derived Formsuncontrollability or uncontrollableness, noununcontrollably, adverb

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Word Origin and History for uncontrollable

uncontrollable

adj.

1570s, "irrefutable," from un- (1) "not" + controllable. From 1590s as "not subject to authority;" meaning "that cannot be restrained" is from 1640s. Related: Uncontrollably.

uncontrollable

adjective

noun

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uncontrollable

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