"uncontrollable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-uncontrollable.ogg [US] Forms: more uncontrollable [comparative], most uncontrollable [superlative]
Etymology: un- + controllable Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|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), 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)
    Sense id: en-uncontrollable-en-adj-2DFZFlKu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

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      "sense": "not able to be controlled, contained or governed",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not able to be controlled, contained or governed",
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      "sense": "not able to be controlled, contained or governed",
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      "sense": "not able to be controlled, contained or governed",
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      "sense": "not able to be controlled, contained or governed",
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      "sense": "not able to be controlled, contained or governed",
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      "sense": "not able to be controlled, contained or governed",
      "word": "неуправля́емый"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nekontrolírujemyj",
      "sense": "not able to be controlled, contained or governed",
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      "sense": "not able to be controlled, contained or governed",
      "word": "incontrolable"
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