in·con·ti·nent
(ˌ)in-ˈkän-tə-nənt 
: not continent: such as
a
: unable to voluntarily control retention of urine or feces in the body
b(1)
: lacking self-restraint
(2)
: not being under control
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Adjective
special products for incontinent patients
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Jamin Brahmbhatt, Verywell Health, 12 Feb. 2025
In its 2001 film adaptation, Zellweger fell headfirst into life as a London girl and audiences around the globe fell in love with a verbally incontinent spinster who drinks like a fish, smokes like a chimney and dresses like her mother.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Because this is an adult show, there are jokes about the burglars being incontinent and using walkers.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
Next on the agenda, Your Grace would like to see Grover Tully, Lord of Riverrun, bend the knee to Rhaenyra (though presumably, this will be a metaphorical knee as Grover is understood to be somewhat mentally incapacitated and definitely incontinent).
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024
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Adjective
This includes an incontinent diversion in which urine passes into an external bag or a continent diversion in which urine passes through a catheter without a bag.
—Jamin Brahmbhatt, Verywell Health, 12 Feb. 2025
In its 2001 film adaptation, Zellweger fell headfirst into life as a London girl and audiences around the globe fell in love with a verbally incontinent spinster who drinks like a fish, smokes like a chimney and dresses like her mother.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Because this is an adult show, there are jokes about the burglars being incontinent and using walkers.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
Next on the agenda, Your Grace would like to see Grover Tully, Lord of Riverrun, bend the knee to Rhaenyra (though presumably, this will be a metaphorical knee as Grover is understood to be somewhat mentally incapacitated and definitely incontinent).
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024
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“Incontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incontinent. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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incontinent
adjective
in·con·ti·nent
(ˈ)in-ˈkänt-ᵊn-ənt
: not continent
especially
: unable to retain a bodily discharge (as urine) voluntarily
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