unmanageable
adjective
un·man·age·able
ˌən-ˈma-ni-jə-bəl 
: not manageable : difficult or impossible to control or manage
unmanageable hair
an almost unmanageable amount of data
The prisoner became unmanageable.
an unmanageable temper
an unmanageable number of students for one teacher
an unmanageable amount of debt
Examples of unmanageable in a Sentence
an unmanageable dog who had to be returned to the pound
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Add automation into the mix, and the scale becomes nearly unmanageable.
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Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The same strange numbing sensation occurred at least five times last season, but Dosunmu simply played on, downplaying the injury — until February, when the situation finally became unmanageable.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
But child welfare advocates worried the move could lead to unmanageable workloads for DCS employees and put child safety at risk.
—Tony Cook, IndyStar, 15 Apr. 2025
Florent, the restaurant, stayed open until 2008, when the rent became unmanageable; the building sold a few years later for $8.6 million.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 July 2025
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Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The same strange numbing sensation occurred at least five times last season, but Dosunmu simply played on, downplaying the injury — until February, when the situation finally became unmanageable.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
But child welfare advocates worried the move could lead to unmanageable workloads for DCS employees and put child safety at risk.
—Tony Cook, IndyStar, 15 Apr. 2025
Florent, the restaurant, stayed open until 2008, when the rent became unmanageable; the building sold a few years later for $8.6 million.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 July 2025
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“Unmanageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmanageable. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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