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uncontrollable |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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