"unmanageable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more unmanageable [comparative], most unmanageable [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + manageable. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|manageable}} un- + manageable Head templates: {{en-adj}} 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, unmanagable Related terms: unmanageability, unmanageableness, unmanageably Translations (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling): ἄσχετος (áskhetos) (Ancient Greek), neregebla (Esperanto), hallitsematon (Finnish), vaikea hallita (Finnish), ingérable (French), kezelhetetlen (Hungarian), ingovernabile (Interlingua), ingovernabile (Italian), ingestibile (Italian), 手に負えない (te ni oenai) (Japanese), 煮ても焼いても食えない (nitemo yaitemo kuenai) (Japanese), inhabilis (Latin), ngākau totoa (Maori), incorrigible (Middle English), ingerível (Portuguese), inmanejable (Spanish), ingobernable (Spanish)

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