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UNGOVERNABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ungovernable mean?
• UNGOVERNABLE (adjective)
The adjective UNGOVERNABLE has 1 sense:
1. incapable of being controlled
Familiarity information: UNGOVERNABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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)
Context examples
Seeing that his passion was becoming ungovernable, I left him and returned towards Hatherley Farm.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She was not of so ungovernable a temper as Lydia; and, removed from the influence of Lydia's example, she became, by proper attention and management, less irritable, less ignorant, and less insipid.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Shaking from head to foot, thrilled with ungovernable excitement, I continued—I am glad you are no relation of mine: I will never call you aunt again as long as I live.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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