unmanageable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ manageable

Adjective

unmanageable (comparative more unmanageable, superlative most unmanageable)

Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed
Synonym: uncontrollable
- 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
  It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].

Synonyms

uncontrollable

Antonyms

manageable

Related terms

Translations

not manageable; not readily submitting to handling

Esperanto: neregebla
French: ingérable (fr)
Greek:
Ancient: ἄσχετος (áskhetos)
Interlingua: ingovernabile

Italian: ingovernabile
Japanese: 手に負えない (ja) (te ni oenai), 煮ても焼いても食えない (nitemo yaitemo kuenai)
Latin: inhabilis
Maori: ngākau totoa
Spanish: inmanejable, ingobernable

References

unmanageable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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