adj ·5 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed.

   "Meanwhile, the everyday landscape becomes more nightmarish and unmanageable each year."

Adjective

1. 1
   incapable of being controlled or managed wordnet
2. 2
   hard to control wordnet
3. 3
   difficult to solve or alleviate wordnet
4. 4
   difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

uncontrollableincorrigibleungovernableunwieldyawkwardbeyond control

Antonyms

All antonyms

manageableobedient

Example

More examples

"As beasts of labour buffaloes are excessively strong, but slow and unmanageable."

Etymology

From un- + manageable.

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