unmanageable

• unmanagable

un- +‎ manageable

unmanageable (comparative more unmanageable, superlative most unmanageable)

1. Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed

   Synonyms: uncontrollable, unworkable

   • 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 […].

   • 2023 November 1, “Network News: TSSA: Benfleet ticket office 'stress test' was a failure”, in RAIL, number 995, page 9:

     It says the station's four ticket office windows were closed, with passengers directed to the five ticket machines, which "resulted in chaos". The TSSA reported: "Within four minutes the queues were unmanageable, and the ticket office was forced to reopen for customers, who were said to be unimpressed."

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• “unmanageable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.