unmanageable
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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There were 581 habeas cases in Minnesota in January alone—an exponential increase of unmanageable proportions.
From Slate • Feb. 6, 2026
The problem with emerging as a teenage superstar is that expectations suddenly rocket and, in Emma Raducanu's case, become almost unmanageable.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
“Further, placing a cap on loans will push the remaining graduate nursing programs to reduce their program costs, ensuring that nurses will not be saddled with unmanageable student loan debt,” the department said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025
In recent surveys, voters said the cost of housing, groceries and utility bills is unmanageable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025
For not only were the numbers becoming wholly unmanageable, but the further one got from 1776, the lower the revolutionary fires burned and the less imperative the logic of the revolutionary ideology seemed.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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