incontrollable

adjective

ˌin-kən-ˈtrō-lə-bəl How to pronounce incontrollable (audio)
Definition of incontrollablenext
as in uncontrollable
given to resisting control or discipline by others police have vowed to crack down on the speeding, racing, and other driving misdeeds being committed by the town's incontrollable teenagers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incontrollable
  1. uncontrollable
  2. stubborn
  3. unmanageable
  4. ungovernable
  5. intractable
  6. willful
  7. rebellious
  8. recalcitrant
Adjective
  • Igniting a pool of alcohol or other liquid fuel in a firepit's open container creates an uncontrollable pool fire, which can suddenly produce larger, hotter flames that can spread beyond the firepit product, according to the agency.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The presence of uncontrollable outside forces—namely time, deterioration, and fragmentation—are continuous lines of inquiry for Mobarak, whose work moves seamlessly between performance, sculpture, moving image, poetry, and music.
    Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of uncontrollable
Adjective
  • The Fed’s preferred inflation measure — the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index — is due Friday and could similarly show stubborn price pressures.
    Bryan Mena, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
  • While the overall economic picture is starting to look better, stubborn inflation and the prospect of new tariffs when President-elect Donald Trump takes office seem to give mid-market leaders pause.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of stubborn
Adjective
  • Avoid carrying a balance over, as credit card debt can become unmanageable due to high interest rates.
    Kody Boye, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Getting through a busy terminal with your carry-on luggage is hard enough; factor in a latte and the cargo suddenly becomes unmanageable.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of unmanageable
Adjective
  • The colonial government’s fear of ungovernable Black people still lingered, however.
    Sasha C. Wells / Made by History, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In its editorial, Automotive News said Stellantis might be ungovernable but was certainly in need of a major overhaul.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of ungovernable
Adjective
  • And yet, cultural algorithms are only downstream of the larger, intractable forces that shape how art is made and supported.
    T.M. Brown, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Among them were developments on famously intractable problems such as the Riemann hypothesis and the abc conjecture.
    Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of intractable
Adjective
  • By Wednesday morning, Albertsons abandoned the merger and filed a lawsuit against Kroger, alleging a willful breach of contract for not doing enough to win regulatory approval for the merger.
    Alina Selyukh, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Cox wants to overturn the finding of willful contributory infringement, while Sony wants to reinstate the $1 billion verdict.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of willful
Adjective
  • Americans are a rebellious bunch, so trying to stop a political figure by nearly killing him provokes the opposite reaction.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • More recently, however, Ocasio-Cortez has shown signs of abandoning at least some of the rebellious positions that defined her earliest years in office.
    Hanna Trudo, The Hill, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of rebellious
Adjective
  • Surely even the most recalcitrant of Emmy voters will have a hard time resisting a performance this impeccably showy.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
  • But even with much of its attention called to Asia, Washington cannot ignore a recalcitrant and revanchist adversary in Europe, especially not one that will pose a direct military threat to NATO members.
    Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of recalcitrant
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incontrollable

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