unmanageable
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The attack succeeded primarily because of a lack of basic technical guardrails, not an unmanageable explosion in AI capability, they wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Captain Nicolas Braz, one of the leaders of the firefighting operation, said the fire had created "its own winds - complete with whirlwinds", adding it was "erratic and unmanageable".
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
In addition, they note that now, parents will still have access to the debt, but thanks to the changes to repayment, they won’t have much of a safety valve if it becomes unmanageable.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
In a long overdue move, we reduced the list from over 200 unmanageable categories to 31.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
While Margaret Kochamma was in Ayemenem, Mammachi managed her unmanageable feelings by slipping money into the pockets of the dresses that Margaret Kochamma left in the laundry bin.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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