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Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.

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  1. a. Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.
  2. a. Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; an uncontrollable title.
  3. adj. difficult to solve or alleviate
  4. adj. incapable of being controlled
  5. adj. incapable of being controlled or managed
  6. adj. impossible to repress or control
  7. 1. Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events. 2. Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; an uncontrollable title. [R.] Swift. -- Un`con*trol"la*ble*ness, n. -- Un`con*trol"la*bly, adv.
  8. j:100 s. difficult to solve or alleviate s. incapable of being controlled or managed