as in stubborn
given to resisting control or discipline by others
the uncontrollable child kept throwing tantrums in public and creating scenes
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Recent Examples of uncontrollable
Separating benefits from employee health also allows businesses to escape uncontrollable, often double-digit, group plan renewals.
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Jack Hooper, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
In contrast, for decades, Gallardo has ventured into the messy, uncontrollable political realities of Latin America.
—Fabiola Iza, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Overwhelming Sadness All-consuming, uncontrollable sadness is a hallmark of depression.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2025
Soto has experienced some pretty severe UC symptoms during her flare-ups, including blood in her stool, stomach pain, and uncontrollable diarrhea.
—Theresa Tamkins, SELF, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for uncontrollable
Jack Hooper, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
In contrast, for decades, Gallardo has ventured into the messy, uncontrollable political realities of Latin America.
—Fabiola Iza, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Overwhelming Sadness All-consuming, uncontrollable sadness is a hallmark of depression.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2025
Soto has experienced some pretty severe UC symptoms during her flare-ups, including blood in her stool, stomach pain, and uncontrollable diarrhea.
—Theresa Tamkins, SELF, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for uncontrollable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncontrollable
Adjective
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One daughter, loving but stubborn, leaves for Vilna to study nursing.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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The true top is still stubborn, though: In 2023 women made up just over 10% of Fortune 500 CEOs, 9% of the FTSE CEOs, and 5.4% of CEOs of the S&P Global Broad Market Index.—
Kweilin Ellingrud,
TIME,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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National parks and forests lost essential personnel with many crews cut down to half, leaving critical tasks unmanageable.—
Dua Anjum,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2025
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Pompidou president Laurent Le Bon has rejected that idea as unmanageable.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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South Korea was becoming ungovernable; the system seemed unable to overcome intense partisan divisions and deliver any kind of policy.—
ROBERT E. KELLY,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2025
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The result is a massively flawed information market and an increasingly ungovernable world.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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An important part of the committee’s decision has to do with the way in which an intractable, traumatic, complex, and long-standing conflict is approached through the art of comedy.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2025
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Some things in a difficult job can be resolved or eased, while others will be intractable.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The eight-episode Season 1 of The Franchise followed the crew of an unloved franchise movie fighting for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2025
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But Mayhem is about using music as archeology to excavate unruly parts of one’s own identity.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The distinction between willful and non-willful noncompliance is crucial because willful violations carry substantially higher penalties and potential criminal liability.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Teixeira pleaded guilty last March to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act, following his arrest in the most consequential national security breach in years.—
Danielle Wallace,
Fox News,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But in 1862, Congress declared that any slave with a rebellious master who reached federal lines would be free.—
Barbara Spindel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
12 Mar. 2025
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Mickey, tasked with keeping her rebellious sister in line, never had the opportunity to be a kid.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The battle between parents and wayward children is the archetypal plot of modernization.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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By this point, there’s no need to rehash its difficult production: What matters is what’s on the screen, a tale of how a wayward son (Al Pacino) discovers that his mild refutations of his family’s dark business are ultimately just talk.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Uncontrollable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncontrollable. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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