INCONTINENT Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

incontinent

adjective

Definition of incontinent

as in uncontrolled

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Recent Examples of incontinent Waterproofing For pad alarms, waterproofing is essential for incontinent patients or those who tend to spill their food and drinks. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026 For example, Cola is incontinent, though that is an issue easily managed with diapers and a harness. — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025 During the same inspection, the federal inspector cited the nursing home for failing to prevent the spread of infections after a nurse forgot to change her gloves and wash her hands after cleaning an incontinent resident. — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2025 Continent diversion is technically more complicated to perform than incontinent diversion. — Jamin Brahmbhatt, Verywell Health, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for incontinent

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Above all has been the uncontrolled expansion of executive power.

— Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
Removing all the deer would actually increase fire risk by allowing brush to grow uncontrolled, according to Hahn.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of uncontrolled

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The engineer abruptly resigned after refusing to contribute to a reckless corporate competition that could ultimately lead to uncontrollable AI.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
None were remotely reckless, and none prevented a promising attack, which are the usual triggers for cautions.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of reckless

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Suzanna waits for hours in the bank’s vestibule—that practical but indeterminate space shielding the true interior from the intemperate outdoors—much to the bewilderment of the young security guard perched on a stool nearby.

— Laura Miller, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026
Elon is given to making headline-making statements, sometimes intemperate statements.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 26 Mar. 2026

Definition of intemperate

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