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UNCONTROLLABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uncontrollable mean?
• UNCONTROLLABLE (adjective)
The adjective UNCONTROLLABLE has 4 senses:
1. difficult to solve or alleviate
2. incapable of being controlled
3. incapable of being controlled or managed
4. impossible to repress or control
Familiarity information: UNCONTROLLABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Difficult to solve or alleviate
Synonyms:
uncontrollable; unmanageable
Context example:
uncontrollable pain
Similar:
intractable (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Incapable of being controlled
Synonyms:
indocile; uncontrollable; ungovernable; unruly
Context example:
the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly
Similar:
difficult; unmanageable (hard to control)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Incapable of being controlled or managed
Synonyms:
uncontrollable; uncorrectable; unmanageable
Context example:
an uncorrectable habit
Similar:
incorrigible (impervious to correction by punishment)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Impossible to repress or control
Synonyms:
irrepressible; uncontrollable
Context example:
uncontrollable laughter
Similar:
uncontrolled (not being under control; out of control)
Context examples
The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) An uncontrollable urge to urinate?
(OAB-q - Uncontrollable Urge to Urinate, NCI Thesaurus)
People who are unable to meet their needs with food and beverages alone, and who do not have vomiting or uncontrollable diarrhea may be given tubefeedings.
(Enteral nutrition, NCI Dictionary)
An uncontrollable urge to say or do something without an obvious reason.
(Compulsion, NCI Dictionary)
"Me to go with her!" burst in Jo, flying out of her chair in an uncontrollable rapture.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Nystagmus - fast, uncontrollable movements of the eyes, sometimes called "dancing eyes".
(Eye Movement Disorders, NIH)
Felix had accidentally been present at the trial; his horror and indignation were uncontrollable when he heard the decision of the court.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He rose from his chair and paced about the room in uncontrollable excitement.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
An uncontrollable craving, seeking, and use of a substance, such as a drug or alcohol.
(Addiction, NCI Dictionary)
The man sprang from his chair and paced up and down the room in uncontrollable agitation.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At last, as midnight approached and the street gradually cleared, he paced up and down the room in uncontrollable agitation.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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