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English Dictionary: uncontrollable by the DICT Development Group
2 results for uncontrollable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uncontrollable
adj
  1. difficult to solve or alleviate; "uncontrollable pain"
    Synonym(s): uncontrollable, unmanageable
  2. of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
    Synonym(s): indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly
  3. incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"
    Synonym(s): uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageable
  4. impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"
    Synonym(s): irrepressible, uncontrollable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uncontrollable \Un`con*trol"la*ble\, a.
      1. Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible;
            as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.
  
      2. Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim;
            an uncontrollable title. [R.] --Swift. --
            {Un`con*trol"la*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un`con*trol"la*bly},
            adv.
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