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Uncontrollable

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

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Difficult 84% connected

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Difficult 84% connected

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Incorrigible 84% connected

Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error.

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Incorrigible 84% connected

Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error.

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Intractable 84% connected

Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; a…

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Intractable 84% connected

Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; a…

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Indocile 92% connected

Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Irrepressible 92% connected

Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ungovernable 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unruly 92% connected

Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly condu…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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