ungovernable
impossible to govern, rule, or restrain; uncontrollable.
Origin of ungovernable
1Other words from ungovernable
- un·gov·ern·a·bil·i·ty, un·gov·ern·a·ble·ness, noun
- un·gov·ern·a·bly, adverb
Words Nearby ungovernable
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How to use ungovernable in a sentence
When you combine that with the fact that the low latitudes are becoming impossible places to live in, then you have the potential for the existential threat where the planet becomes ungovernable.
Voices from around the world on what’s at stake at COP26 | Brady Dennis, Sarah Kaplan, William Booth, Samantha Schmidt | October 28, 2021 | Washington PostAfter all, women who had “ungovernable” personalities and “strong resolution…plenty of what is termed nerve” were literally textbook examples of female insanity.
Declared Insane for Speaking Up: The Dark American History of Silencing Women Through Psychiatry | Kate Moore | June 22, 2021 | TimeUnder a more centralized system the place would have been ungovernable.
There would be no end to the chaos that would ensue, making the country virtually ungovernable.
The ANC responded with a call to make the black areas ungovernable.
It implied courage, valor, dignity, and an attachment to personal freedom that made people almost ungovernable.
And he has always gotten a kick out of his rep as the ungovernable—maybe even a bit unbalanced—member of Team Obama.
Obama Campaign Unleashes Joe Biden in Battle for Blue-Collar Voters | Michelle Cottle | March 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut he marred it all by a temper so ungovernable that in Paris there was current a byword, "Explosive as Garnache."
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniHaving been allowed to have his own way while small, he has cultivated an ungovernable desire to do as he pleases.
The value of a praying mother | Isabel C. ByrumSo popular and so ungovernable was the habit, that there is hardly any rational means to be found for accounting for it.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanAs the soldier kicked him up again, and continued to drag him along by the neck, the audience became ungovernable in their rage.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetOn the other hand they were likely to prove intractable and ungovernable, and many preferred even suicide to servitude.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
British Dictionary definitions for ungovernable
/ (ʌnˈɡʌvənəbəl) /
not able to be disciplined, restrained, etc: an ungovernable temper
Derived forms of ungovernable
- ungovernableness, noun
- ungovernably, adverb
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