as in uncontrollable
given to resisting control or discipline by others
police have vowed to crack down on the speeding, racing, and other driving misdeeds being committed by the town's incontrollable teenagers
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Adjective
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Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that causes uncontrollable hair loss on the scalp, face, and body.—
Shamsha Damani,
Health,
13 June 2025 -
The laptop soon started doing the same thing as the other machine – with the uncontrollable cursor.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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Their relationship can be difficult as AM is stubborn and likes to have her way always.—
Carolyn Rosenblatt,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Some of these infections stop on their own, but others are too stubborn, or too serious, to leave untreated.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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Suddenly, all their various projects seemed unmanageable.—
Jayson Greene,
Vulture,
30 May 2025
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What To Know New data from Experian revealed that Gen X and millennials were far more likely to have unmanageable debt than other generations.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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Gleichschaltung brings the unconscious—the self’s most ungovernable part—into line, and in doing so empties the individual of creativity, vitality, and, most importantly, resistance.—
Zoe Roth
April 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 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
Adjective
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These organizations see quantum computers as complementary accelerators that could help address intractable problems that classical machines cannot realistically solve.—
Yuval Boger,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Perhaps, some mused, the same collaborative spirit could be harnessed to tackle other intractable problems, like a severe housing crisis and corrosive inequality.—
Rachel Morris,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Accreditors must put an end to schools’ willful ignorance of employment outcomes.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Chief among them was immigration, after nearly four years of willful neglect at the border had left the party’s reputation in tatters.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Inspired by 1953’s The Wild One starring Marlon Brando, the song and video captures the rebellious spirit of the cult classic, with scenes of a motorcycle being driven on an open road and birds in flight.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2025
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Many historians estimate that at least 15 to 20 percent of the population remained loyal to the crown, some even taking up arms against their rebellious neighbors and fighting alongside the British.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 June 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
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