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out-of-control

out-of-control is the alternative spelling of out of control.

Meaning of out of control

Prepositional phrase

  1. Not under control.
    • The economy is out of control and is headed for a crash.
  2. Not controllable.
    • The airplane went out of control after its flight-control system failed.
  3. Not in control of one's actions.
    • Your children are completely out of control. Can you stop them running around like that?

Forms of out-of-control

comparativemore out-of-control
superlativemost out-of-control

Questions about out-of-control

What is out-of-control the alternative spelling of?
Out-of-control is the alternative spelling of out of control.

Words near out-of-control in the dictionary

  1. out-of-box experience
  2. out-of-box experiences
  3. out-of-character
  4. out-of-college
  5. out-of-context
  6. out-of-control
  7. out-of-course
  8. out-of-court
  9. out-of-date
  10. out-of-dateness
  11. out-of-door

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: out-of-control (page history and authors); out of control (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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