Hypertext Webster Gateway: "uncontrollable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Uncontrollable \Un`con*trol"la*ble\, a.
1. Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible;
as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.
2. Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim;
an uncontrollable title. [R.] --Swift. --
{Un`con*trol"la*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un`con*trol"la*bly},
adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
uncontrollable
adj 1: difficult to solve or alleviate; "uncontrollable pain" [syn:
{unmanageable}]
2: of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited,
but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: {indocile}, {ungovernable},
{unruly}]
3: not susceptible of improvement; "uncontrollable children";
"an uncorrectable habit" [syn: {uncorrectable}, {unmanageable}]
4: impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible
chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter" [syn: {irrepressible}]
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