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 Hulk was a scientist given to transforming into an uncontrollable id monster.
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Ekow Eshun
july 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
These strategies can help your nervous system become less reactive over time, which can be especially helpful when dealing with uncontrollable triggers like weather.
—Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 10 July 2025
When more people show up than expected, the crowd becomes uncontrollable, breaking Thomas’ rule about staying in the backyard and not entering the house.
—Beth Sobol, People.com, 8 July 2025
Owners are increasingly savvy about distinguishing between controllable and uncontrollable costs.
—Tyler Christiansen, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for uncontrollable
Ekow Eshun
july 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
These strategies can help your nervous system become less reactive over time, which can be especially helpful when dealing with uncontrollable triggers like weather.
—Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 10 July 2025
When more people show up than expected, the crowd becomes uncontrollable, breaking Thomas’ rule about staying in the backyard and not entering the house.
—Beth Sobol, People.com, 8 July 2025
Owners are increasingly savvy about distinguishing between controllable and uncontrollable costs.
—Tyler Christiansen, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for uncontrollable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncontrollable
Adjective
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For Baxter and the stubborn Scot, this marked, at last, the reality of war’s end.—
Charles Pellegrino,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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Here’s the case for Scorpio: Wednesday is suss, secretive, brooding, vengeful and stubborn.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In fact, unfortunately, some organizations can even find themselves with extensive, unmanageable cloud environments and the same technical debt that plagued their on-premise counterparts.—
Harvendra Singh,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Given the vast amounts of data generated by body cameras daily, automating video review has the potential to turn unmanageable archives into active insights.—
Logan Seacrest,
Boston Herald,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, the ocean itself plays its ungovernable part.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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Gleichschaltung brings the unconscious—the self’s most ungovernable part—into line, and in doing so empties the individual of creativity, vitality, and, most importantly, resistance.—
Zoe Roth
April 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Now that would be a truly innovative solution for an issue that appears to be growing more and more intractable.—
Davia Temin,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Successful solutions to other once intractable conflicts, such as the decades of sectarian and civil strife in Northern Ireland, show that enduring peace is possible only when all stakeholders are invited in.—
ZAHA HASSAN,
Foreign Affairs,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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Tariffs are hammering its balance sheet and it’s burdened by an unruly European brand structure.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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Their branches stretch in all directions like unruly cowlicks.—
Maggie Heyn Richardson,
Southern Living,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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He was deported in 2015, after serving a six-year state prison term for convictions of inflicting corporal punishment, child cruelty, willful discharge of a firearm in a negligent manner and being a felon in possession of a firearm.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Distinguishing between honest errors and willful misconduct is key.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The story follows Bárbara, rebellious and broke, who fakes her way into a convent for a private room and some peace—only to find herself on an unexpected spiritual journey.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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The town’s rebellious spirit and dreamy beach backdrop attracted a who’s who in music, from Duke Ellington in the 1920s to Led Zeppelin, who skipped Woodstock in 1969 to play the Asbury Park Convention Hall.—
Jen Murphy,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Aug. 2025
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Even loyal fans may take occasional issue with a feature that’s by turns absurdist, philosophical, violent, wayward, satirical and baffling.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
3 Aug. 2025
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Deborah Sengupta Stith moved to Austin as a wayward liberal arts graduate in the ‘90s and promptly fell into the city’s music scene.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
31 July 2025
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“Uncontrollable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncontrollable. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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