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Thesaurus: ungovernable

Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions.

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  1. a. Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions.
  2. adj. incapable of being controlled
  3. Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions. -- Un*gov"ern*a*bly, adv. Goldsmith.
  4. Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, orrestrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions.-- Un*gov"ern*a*bly, adv. Goldsmith.