as in stubborn
given to resisting control or discipline by others
the uncontrollable child kept throwing tantrums in public and creating scenes
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Recent Examples of uncontrollable
The film follows his journey after he was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome at age 25, and the title is a nod to his uncontrollable swearing — a symptom of the syndrome.
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Angela Yang, NBC news, 25 Feb. 2026
His symptoms include tics and uncontrollable outbursts, which often involve cursing and using expletive language.
—Pamela Avila, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
Stress, excitement or tiredness can set off an unwanted, uncontrollable volley of sudden jerky movements and/or a spew of four-letter and other words.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
In a statement addressing the incident on Monday, Davidson reiterated that his verbal tics and uncontrollable swearing, which are symptoms of Tourette's, are involuntary.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
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Angela Yang, NBC news, 25 Feb. 2026
His symptoms include tics and uncontrollable outbursts, which often involve cursing and using expletive language.
—Pamela Avila, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
Stress, excitement or tiredness can set off an unwanted, uncontrollable volley of sudden jerky movements and/or a spew of four-letter and other words.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
In a statement addressing the incident on Monday, Davidson reiterated that his verbal tics and uncontrollable swearing, which are symptoms of Tourette's, are involuntary.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncontrollable
Adjective
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Early connections should feel easier as affectionate Venus forms a supportive sextile with intense Pluto, encouraging us to handle stubborn issues with honest talks and practical teamwork.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
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Spend less time focusing on prep and cleaning and more time focusing on the food with our favorite kitchen tools, which can make poached eggs in minutes, reseal bags of ingredients, open stubborn jars, and more.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Workers said that the pressure of daily visitor flows — particularly around the Mona Lisa — had become unmanageable and that promised reforms were arriving too slowly.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Feb. 2026
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The strikers complained of unmanageable workloads and accused the hospitals of trying to chip away at health benefits.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Trump, always ungovernable, is not just trying to rewrite electoral history, though.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
13 Jan. 2026
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More unusual, my ungovernable whirlwind of a two-year-old looks pleased as punch, smiling docilely for the camera and exuding the joy that comes from feeling loved and safe.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Hollywood has always been an easy political punching bag–a convenient scapegoat for a host of intractable ills.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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For example, 1975’s Welfare carefully documents the hoops that working people had to jump through to obtain welfare benefits at New York’s Waverly Welfare Center, representing the government as an intractable and unfeeling force.—
Vikram Murthi,
The Atlantic,
22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Two years ago, a 33-year-old Charli XCX dominated pop culture with a similarly unruly album called Brat.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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This year’s class of 13 artists is no less unruly.—
THR Staff,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That lack of an official accounting encouraged a willful amnesia about the regime’s crimes and, Mendonça Filho has argued, led directly to the 2018 election of Jair Bolsonaro, who ran on a platform of sneering nostalgia for the era of military rule.—
Michael Snyder,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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This was two weeks of willful negligence and abuse.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Theirs was a rebellious poetics of beauty, or a beautiful poetics of rebellion.—
Taran Dugal,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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Yet his work is perhaps closer to the rebellious energy of Dutch painter Theo van Doesburg, for whom the diagonal line was synonymous with disruption.—
Elinore Weil,
Artforum,
4 Mar. 2026
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With the game tied at 66 in the closing moments, a wayward pass by Tommies guard Austin Herro from under the basket was intercepted by Fighting Hawks guard Eli King.—
Tom Carothers,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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That mulch covering the not-so-lovely fabric traps wayward weed seeds and nurtures them.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Uncontrollable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncontrollable. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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