as in uncontrollable
given to resisting control or discipline by others
an unmanageable dog who had to be returned to the pound
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Recent Examples of unmanageable
Local police and park rangers quickly shut down the event, however, due to an unmanageable crowd size.
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2025
The op-ed suggests that lithium battery fires are an unmanageable risk.
—Joe Curtatone, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
The budget does, thankfully, enshrine the Department of Government Efficiency’s acknowledgment that federal sprawl has become unmanageable.
—Veronique De Rugy, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025
Each box weighed close to 30 pounds—cumbersome, though not unmanageable for a moderately-strong adult.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2025
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2025
The op-ed suggests that lithium battery fires are an unmanageable risk.
—Joe Curtatone, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
The budget does, thankfully, enshrine the Department of Government Efficiency’s acknowledgment that federal sprawl has become unmanageable.
—Veronique De Rugy, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025
Each box weighed close to 30 pounds—cumbersome, though not unmanageable for a moderately-strong adult.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmanageable
Adjective
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Research shows that people under stress are more likely to give up, but only when the situation feels uncontrollable.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Entire neighborhoods are retrofitted with clear glass domes that activate during extreme rainstorms and uncontrollable wildfires.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Still, the stubborn media silence continued unabated.—
Nate Rogers,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
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Jet fuel rolled down the street and the smell of it lingered in the air while authorities worked to extinguish one stubborn car fire that sent smoke billowing up.—
John Hanna,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Perhaps the city’s current crises—crumbling public infrastructure, intractable civic strife, the President’s attempts to strangle his home town—have reminded New Yorkers of a different period of chaos, when Cuomo seemed a beacon of sanity.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Fresh off its unqualified diplomatic successes with the Russians, the Iranians, and Hamas’s terrorists and their intermediaries, the Trump administration is reportedly gearing up to resolve another of the world’s seemingly intractable conundrums: North Korea and its nuclear arsenal.—
Noah Rothman,
National Review,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Related Articles Throngs of people formed an unruly line outside, possibly leading passerby to believe the legendary warehouse sale had somehow been revived.—
Ari Stark,
Footwear News,
20 May 2025
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According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), there was one unruly passenger reported for every 568 flights in 2022 — up from one per 835 flights in 2021.—
Isabelle Rodney,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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Additionally, both the SAF and RSF are moving away from land battles and instead seek to destabilize their rivals’ territory with air or drone strikes, making the country as a whole increasingly ungovernable.—
Mai Hassan,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Apr. 2025
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But that was Kilmer, unpredictable, ungovernable, never boring.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Two of Elissa’s tumors were obliterated that day, but the third was too difficult to reach without repositioning Elissa’s body in a way that would have taken too much time under anesthesia.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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Luca Solca sector head for global luxury goods at Bernstein Clouding the picture further, many other premium Swiss watchmakers including Rolex, Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet, are privately owned, making their performance difficult to decipher.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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In response, these recalcitrant members of Congress simply refused to adopt must-pass federal reapportionment legislation.—
Made by History,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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Among Congressional Republicans, Paul has been more recalcitrant than most.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Our walk was a saunter, a delightful, wayward, exploratory street haunting, to use Virginia Woolf’s term for the adventure and discovery of walking in the city.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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But in the 25th minute, the Blades went ahead when Gustavo Hamer poached the ball from a wayward Sunderland corner, scampered upfield and found Campbell who chipped the ball into the net.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
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“Unmanageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmanageable. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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