"uncontrollable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-uncontrollable.ogg Forms: more uncontrollable [comparative], most uncontrollable [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + controllable. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-<id:negative>|controllable}} un- + controllable Head templates: {{en-adj}} uncontrollable (comparative more uncontrollable, superlative most uncontrollable)
  1. Not able to be controlled, contained or governed. Derived forms: uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, uncontrollably Related terms: control, controllable Translations (not able to be controlled, contained or governed): ἄσχετος (áskhetos) (Ancient Greek), ἀκατάσχετος (akatáskhetos) (Ancient Greek), incontrolable (Catalan), onbeheersbaar (Dutch), hillitön (Finnish), kontrolloimaton (Finnish), pitelemätön (Finnish), hallitsematon (Finnish), incontrôlable (French), incontrolable (Galician), incontrolábel (Galician), არაკონტროლირებადი (araḳonṭrolirebadi) (Georgian), unkontrollierbar (German), irányíthatatlan [literally] (Hungarian), befolyásolhatatlan (Hungarian), csillapíthatatlan [figuratively] (Hungarian), fékezhetetlen (Hungarian), féktelen (Hungarian), incontrollabile (Italian), neusmaghtee (Manx), incontrolabil (Romanian), necontrolabil (Romanian), неуправля́емый (neupravljájemyj) (Russian), неконтроли́руемый (nekontrolírujemyj) (Russian), incontrolable (Spanish), okontrollerbar (Swedish)
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