incontrollable

adjective

ˌin-kən-ˈtrō-lə-bəl How to pronounce incontrollable (audio)
Definition of incontrollablenext
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incontrollable
  1. uncontrollable
  2. stubborn
  3. unmanageable
  4. ungovernable
  5. intractable
  6. willful
  7. rebellious
  8. recalcitrant
Adjective
  • Security experts, however, say these events are likely to continue happening given the fundamentally uncontrollable nature of advanced AI systems.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As surveillance and interrogation deepen, the line between loyalty and obsession blurs, leading both men into a dangerous and uncontrollable connection.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of uncontrollable
Adjective
  • Volatile job numbers, stubborn inflation and changes to the Fed’s communications style are all stirring up uncertainty in markets and raising the stakes for upcoming economic data releases — including this week’s inflation report.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The softening job market may complicate the calculation for the Federal Reserve, which is also battling stubborn inflation.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of stubborn
Adjective
  • Undiagnosed learning disabilities, trauma or neglect can also make ordinary frustration feel unmanageable.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • If your debt has already become unmanageable and full repayment isn't realistic, debt settlement may be the right option instead.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of unmanageable
Adjective
  • But obviously the Senate has been a little ungovernable on this issue and a few others.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The question that could cut through all of this is whether UEFA follows through with its threat of a boycott and non-cooperation, both of which could make FIFA ungovernable for Infantino.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of ungovernable
Adjective
  • Even those who believe diplomacy remains a viable path to peace acknowledge the future of the strait presents an intractable problem.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The broken line, the hard scar of the dash—these are gestures toward the uncertain and intractable distance between self and other, presence and absence, ‘awareness’ and its loss.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of intractable
Adjective
  • The emotional Moon moves through your 10th House of Career and squares the willful Sun in your 1st House of Identity.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The pro-Trump media’s attitude, though, borders on willful ignorance.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of willful
Adjective
  • While many may remember Cooter as a gregarious good ‘ol boy, the character had a wild, rebellious side in the first season of the show.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
  • In a somewhat rebellious moment, Meghan attended her first Trooping the Colour ceremony wearing an off-the-shoulder Carolina Herrera dress.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of rebellious
Adjective
  • Part of the problem is that, outside of their tenants’ pleas, landlords face neither any real pressure nor any legal requirement to install shutters and ceiling fans; even owners who want to do so are thwarted by recalcitrant co-op boards or finicky historic-preservation reviews.
    — Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of recalcitrant
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in contrast (to)
incontrollable
incontrovertible
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“Incontrollable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incontrollable. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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