uncontrollable

/ənkənˈtroʊləbəl/

/ənkənˈtrʌʊləbəl/

Uncontrollable things can't be managed or influenced. An uncontrollable three-year-old can be a handful, while a politician with an uncontrollable desire for power can be dangerous.

If you fly off the handle at the smallest irritation, snapping angrily at the people around you, you have an uncontrollable temper. And when you and your best friend burst into giggles in the middle of chemistry class, it's uncontrollable laughter that's going to get you in trouble. When something is controllable, it can be restricted or restrained. Add the "not" prefix un-, and you've got something uncontrollable.

Definitions of uncontrollable

1. adjective

   incapable of being controlled or managed
   “uncontrollable children”

   synonyms: uncorrectable, unmanageable

   incorrigible

   impervious to correction by punishment
2. adjective

   of persons
   synonyms: indocile, ungovernable, unruly

   difficult, unbiddable, unmanageable

   hard to control
3. adjective

   impossible to repress or control
   “uncontrollable laughter”

   synonyms: irrepressible

   uncontrolled

   not being under control; out of control
4. adjective

   difficult to solve or alleviate
   “uncontrollable pain”

   synonyms: unmanageable

   intractable

   not tractable; difficult to manage or mold