uncontrollable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ controllable

Pronunciation

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Adjective

uncontrollable (comparative more uncontrollable, superlative most uncontrollable)

Not able to be controlled, contained or governed.
She got the uncontrollable urge for some chocolate.

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Translations

Not able to be controlled, contained or governed

Catalan: incontrolable
Finnish: hillitön (fi), kontrolloimaton, pitelemätön, hallitsematon (fi)
French: incontrôlable (fr)
Galician: incontrolable (gl), incontrolábel (gl)
Georgian: არაკონტროლირებადი (araḳonṭrolirebadi)
German: unkontrollierbar

Greek:
Ancient: ἄσχετος (áskhetos)
Hungarian: irányíthatatlan (hu)
Italian: incontrollabile (it)
Romanian: incontrolabil, necontrolabil
Russian: неуправля́емый (ru) (neupravljájemyj), неконтроли́руемый (ru) (nekontrolírujemyj)
Spanish: incontrolable (es)

References

uncontrollable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
uncontrollable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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