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uncontrollable

uncontrollable adjective: not able to be controlled, contained or governed.

Adjective

uncontrollable (comparative more uncontrollable, superlative most uncontrollable)

  1. Not able to be controlled, contained or governed.
    • She got the uncontrollable urge for some chocolate.
    • "Ethel!" exclaimed Norbourne, his strong and uncontrollable emotion betraying the power that her name still had over him: he tried to say something more, but the words died on his lips.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Influence of the Dead”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 273

uncontrollable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

uncontrollable in Hindi

अनियन्त्रित

uncontrollable in Tamil

கட்டுப்படுத்த முடியாத

uncontrollable in Marathi

अनियंत्रित, अनियंत्रीत

uncontrollable in Urdu

آپے سے باہر, بےقید, بےروک, ناقابل ضبط, قابو سے باہر, روک ٹوک سے آزاد
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uncontrollable in Bengali
মাতাল matal
uncontrollable in Telugu
నియంత్రించలేనిది, నియంత్రించలేనివి
uncontrollable in Malayalam
അനിയന്ത്രിതമായ, നിയന്ത്രിക്കാനാവാത്ത, കെെകാര്യം ചെയ്യാനാവാത്ത, പിടിച്ചാൽ പിടികിട്ടാത്ത
uncontrollable in Kannada
ನಿಗ್ರಹಿಸಲಾಗದ, ಅನಿಯಂತ್ರಿತ, ಹತೋಟಿಗೆ ತರಲಾಗದ, ಹತೋಟಿಗೆ ಸಿಗದ
uncontrollable in Punjabi
ਬੇਕਾਬੂ
uncontrollable in Gujarati
અનિયન્ત્રિત
uncontrollable in Odia
ନିଯ଼ନ୍ତ୍ରଣହୀନ
uncontrollable in Nepali
अनियन्त्रित

Examples of uncontrollable in a sentence

  • The presence of a snail could reduce me to an uncontrollable and quivering wreck within seconds.
  • Bulk information concerning the individual is collected at an apparently uncontrollable number of points in society.
  • He was wamble-cropped in the bowels, complaining of stomach pains and cramps, followed by bouts of uncontrollable diarrhea.

All 14 example sentences with uncontrollable

Forms of uncontrollable

comparativemore uncontrollable
superlativemost uncontrollable

Origin of uncontrollable

From un- + controllable.

Words formed from uncontrollable

Questions about uncontrollable

What does uncontrollable mean?
Uncontrollable means not able to be controlled, contained or governed.
What is uncontrollable in Hindi?
Uncontrollable in Hindi is अनियन्त्रित. See Uncontrollable meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is uncontrollable?
Uncontrollable is an adjective.

Words near uncontrollable in the dictionary

  1. uncontrol
  2. uncontrolability
  3. uncontrolableness
  4. uncontroled
  5. uncontrollability
  6. uncontrollable
  7. uncontrollableness
  8. uncontrollably
  9. uncontrolled
  10. uncontrolledly
  11. uncontrolledness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: uncontrollable (page history and authors); uncontrollable (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uncontrollable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); uncontrollable (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uncontrollable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); মাতাল (Bengali) (page history and authors); uncontrollable (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uncontrollable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); uncontrollable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); uncontrollable (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uncontrollable (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uncontrollable (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uncontrollable (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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