"ungovernable" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1982, Mancur Olson, The Rise and Decline of Nations, Yale University Press, page 8",
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          "ref": "2022 November 2, Christian Wolmar, “Some early policy pointers, but we remain in a state of flux”, in RAIL, number 969, page 45",
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        "Not governable; unable to be governed."
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "neobuzdan",
          "sense": "not governable",
          "word": "необуздан"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not governable",
          "word": "ingouvernable"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not governable",
          "word": "unregierbar"
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          "roman": "áskhetos",
          "sense": "not governable",
          "word": "ἄσχετος"
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          "sense": "not governable",
          "word": "ἀκάθεκτος"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "not governable",
          "word": "ingovernabile"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not governable",
          "word": "irregibilis"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "sense": "not governable",
          "word": "ingovernável"
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          "sense": "not governable",
          "word": "ingobernable"
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          "text": "a man with an ungovernable temper",
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        "Unable to be managed or controlled."
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  "word": "ungovernable"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neobuzdan",
      "sense": "not governable",
      "word": "необуздан"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not governable",
      "word": "ingouvernable"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not governable",
      "word": "unregierbar"
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      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "áskhetos",
      "sense": "not governable",
      "word": "ἄσχετος"
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      "sense": "not governable",
      "word": "ἀκάθεκτος"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not governable",
      "word": "ingovernabile"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not governable",
      "word": "irregibilis"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not governable",
      "word": "ingovernável"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "not governable",
      "word": "ingobernable"
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  "word": "ungovernable"
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