WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
un•con•trol•la•ble /ˌʌnkənˈtroʊləbəl/USA pronunciation
adj. not yielding to authority;
unmanageable:an uncontrollable mob.
un•con•trol•la•bly, adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- that cannot be controlled or prevented (from doing, moving, etc.):uncontrollable twitching of the eyelid.
unmanageable:an uncontrollable mob.
un•con•trol•la•ble
(un′kən trō′lə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
un′con•trol′la•bly, adv.
- incapable of being controlled or restrained:uncontrollable anger.
n.
- something, as an obligation, that cannot be controlled, reduced, or dispensed with:the uncontrollables in the new federal budget.
- un-1 + control + -able 1570–80
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- convulsion
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- echolalia
- fibrillation
- firestorm
- foodaholic
- hysteria
- hysteric
- hysterics
- incontrollable
- incorrigible
- inflame
- irrepressible
- logorrhoea
- malignant
- narcolepsy
- nymphomania
- oniomania
- paroxysm
- pyromania
- satyriasis
- shake
- skid
- tarantism
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- unrestrained
- unruly
- waterlog
- wild
- wildfire