as in uncontrollable
given to resisting control or discipline by others
police have vowed to crack down on the speeding, racing, and other driving misdeeds being committed by the town's incontrollable teenagers
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Adjective
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The cold water gasp reflex is completely involuntary and uncontrollable.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026 -
This is an ignoble war making monsters and fools out of its participants, and against the uncontrollable weapons that are dragons, everyone’s resolve is crumbling.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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But La Roja could not find a way past Vozinha and a stubborn defense that had an answer to everything Spain’s superstars threw at them.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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Meanwhile, Hanks invests the vulnerable but stubborn Woody with a delectable senior resilience.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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When your credit card debt is unmanageable, check with the National Foundation for Credit Counseling about what other options might be available.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Its loss leaves a noticeable gap in the network, but not an unmanageable one, scientists say.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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While founder control is cited for long-term vision, the piece suggests alternative models like steward-ownership could foster accountability without sacrificing strategic focus, urging regulators to adapt to this new era of concentrated, potentially ungovernable corporate power.—
Mary Johnstone-Louis,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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The vampiric Goldman Sachs that Taibbi describes is an institution, a system that became too big to fail, and thus ungovernable.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Adjective
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That brief relief seemingly ignored an announcement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) just a few days earlier, that could create more intractable trouble for businesses in the months ahead.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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In a labor negotiation, no one is incentivized to seem anything but intractable.—
Dan Shanoff,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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The film, which details her life in Tehran as the willful daughter of intellectual Marxists, is a reminder that Iranians are just like everyone else, Satrapi told the Associated Press in a 2007 interview in Cannes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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The teenager was arrested for 12 counts of willful/malicious kill/maim/torture animal -- horse and three counts of felony malicious destruction of private property over $5,000, authorities said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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To promote the new launch, the duo teamed up on a campaign captured on the streets of Paris by photographer Daniel Roché, with the aim of creating a series of images that reflects the fusion of youth culture and a cool, rebellious edge, Asics said.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
20 June 2026
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The last of the rebellious slaveholding states was finally under federal control.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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The patron saint of the 2024 Democratic National Convention was Fannie Lou Hamer—recalcitrant sharecropper turned agitator and, like the Democratic presidential nominee, a black woman.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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Initially blocked by recalcitrant Democratic members of the House, the legislation was reintroduced during a lame-duck session following the 2024 election.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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“Incontrollable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incontrollable. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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