uncontrollable
English
Etymology
un- + controllable
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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.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Influence of the Dead”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 273:
- "Ethel!" exclaimed Norbourne, his strong and uncontrollable emotion betraying the power that her name still had over him: he tried to say something more, but the words died on his lips.
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Translations
not able to be controlled, contained or governed
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References
- “uncontrollable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “uncontrollable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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