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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Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
In fact, 43% of employees attribute burnout to an unmanageable workload, while 37% point to insufficient resources, and nearly 35% cite toxic workplace culture as a root cause.
—Lisa Bodell, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Suddenly, all their various projects seemed unmanageable.
—Jayson Greene, Vulture, 30 May 2025
What To Know New data from Experian revealed that Gen X and millennials were far more likely to have unmanageable debt than other generations.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for unmanageable
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“Unmanageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmanageable. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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