UNCONTROLLABLE


Meaning of UNCONTROLLABLE in English

1.

If you describe a feeling or physical action as ~, you mean that you cannot control it or prevent yourself from feeling or doing it.

It had been a time of almost ~ excitement...

He burst into ~ laughter at something I’d said.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

uncontrollably

I started shaking uncontrollably and began to cry.

ADV: usu ADV after v

2.

If you describe a person as ~, you mean that their behaviour is bad and that nobody can make them behave more sensibly.

Mark was withdrawn and ~...

Uncontrollable children grow into young criminals.

ADJ

3.

If you describe a situation or series of events as ~, you believe that nothing can be done to control them or to prevent things from getting worse.

If political and ethnic problems are not resolved the situation could become ~.

ADJ

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