unmanageable

adjective

un·​man·​age·​able ˌən-ˈma-ni-jə-bəl 

: not manageable : difficult or impossible to control or manage

unmanageable hair

an almost unmanageable amount of data

The prisoner became unmanageable.

an unmanageable temper

an unmanageable number of students for one teacher

an unmanageable amount of debt

unmanageability

ˌən-ˌma-ni-jə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

unmanageably

ˌən-ˈma-ni-jə-blē 

adverb

an unmanageably large amount of data

Synonyms

• froward
• headstrong
• incontrollable
• intractable
• recalcitrant
• refractory
• uncontrollable
• ungovernable
• unruly
• untoward
• wayward
• willful
• wilful

Examples of unmanageable in a Sentence

an unmanageable dog who had to be returned to the pound

Recent Examples on the Web

Also there to help is Alonso, whom Rowan has dispatched to pick up the unmanageable Evelyn, with instructions to tell her Cortland is definitely for sure 100 percent not at the house. —Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025

And the disaster has exposed holes in the region's preparations to reduce the chances of fires getting so unmanageable and to keep communities safer. —Lauren Sommer, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025

But the situation is far from hopeless: over the long term the demographic and economic strains of the war will prove unmanageable for the Kremlin, forcing hard choices. —John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025

MLOps streamline the deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of models so things don’t devolve into unmanageable chaos. —Sarah Elk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined above