as in uncontrollable
given to resisting control or discipline by others
an unmanageable dog who had to be returned to the pound
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Recent Examples of unmanageable
MLOps streamline the deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of models so things don’t devolve into unmanageable chaos.
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Sarah Elk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
She’s fallen into an unmanageable level of notoriety: famous enough to have stalkers, not rich enough to hole up on Lake Como.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
The difference was the running game didn't work nearly as well and the defensive front seven got their butts handed back to them and the Titans' mistakes came stacked one after the other instead of spread out throughout the game, creating an unmanageable deficit.
—Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
If the status quo is permitted to continue, this heavy debt burden will pass to subsequent generations and will become unmanageable.
—Mike Patton, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Sarah Elk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
She’s fallen into an unmanageable level of notoriety: famous enough to have stalkers, not rich enough to hole up on Lake Como.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
The difference was the running game didn't work nearly as well and the defensive front seven got their butts handed back to them and the Titans' mistakes came stacked one after the other instead of spread out throughout the game, creating an unmanageable deficit.
—Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
If the status quo is permitted to continue, this heavy debt burden will pass to subsequent generations and will become unmanageable.
—Mike Patton, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for unmanageable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmanageable
Adjective
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But it’s almost carried by an uncontrollable wave that his eighth album arrives, to once again redefine the limits of the genre.—
Billboard France,
Billboard,
14 Feb. 2025
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If deployed in critical applications—such as power grid management or financial trading systems—the potential for unexpected and uncontrollable outcomes would increase significantly.—
Henry Papadatos,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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America’s stubborn division was reflected at the nation on the largest stage possible.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb. 2025
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The telescope now named for her will help unravel the stubborn mystery surrounding it.—
Jeffrey Kluger/Greenbelt,
TIME,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The family of the Atlanta man who was killed when city crews cleared an Old Fourth Ward encampment has called on city officials to find meaningful solutions to address the city's seemingly intractable homelessness issues.—
Thomas Wheatley,
Axios,
24 Jan. 2025
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After one such outage, at their wedding, El Khoury and Abu-Rish took a vow to get to the bottom of the seemingly intractable problem.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Step back and look at the shrub and remove any unruly shoots back to a bud or lateral branch that take away from the plant's overall shape.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 Feb. 2025
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In 2024, airlines reported more than 1,240 unruly passenger cases, and the FAA has now referred more than 310 of the most serious cases to the FBI since late 2021.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 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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The only thing that could make persuading a group of pandemic skeptics to care about an infectious-disease outbreak more difficult is your boss—the president of the United States—undercutting your raison d’être.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2025
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Perry worked for a time in California, while COVID restrictions made restaurant life difficult.—
Jenny Hartley,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Or does so only briefly in the ambiguous ending, when Sofia throws off the last vestiges of her passivity and forces her recalcitrant mother into a reckoning with her condition.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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In an interview from a factory floor in El Salvador on Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio argued that foreign aid spending does not support U.S. aims and that USAID, the main conduit for foreign assistance, has been recalcitrant.—
ByCatherine Offord,
science.org,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Besides Arte Johnson as Tyrone, another favorite famous target of Gladys’ wayward backhand was often the head of tipsy Dean Martin during his celebrity roast TV specials.—
Phil Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
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En route to fetch his wayward sister, Dexter’s voice-over muses that Harry’s belief in good people and bad people isn’t quite right — there’s darkness in everyone.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Unmanageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmanageable. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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