Unmanageable

Synonyms for "unmanageable" (66 found)

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Closest matches (14)

uncontrollable incorrigible ungovernable unwieldy awkward beyond control breachy bulky clumsy contrary contumacious crosswise cumbersome defiant

Strong matches (19)

Adjective(1 words)

difficult

disobedient disorderly fractious heavy hulking hulky impractical inconvenient indocile indomitable insuppressible intractable irrepressible irresistible mutinous naughty obstreperous

Adjective(1 words)

manageable

Related words (33)

out of hand perverse ponderous problem rebellious recalcitrant refractory resistant resisting restive riotous rogue self-willed shrewish unbiddable uncheckable uncorrectable undisciplined unhandy unmalleable

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unmoldable unruly unsubmissive untamable untoward wild

Adjective(4 words)

uncontrollable ungovernable unwieldsome unworkable

Adjective(3 words)

uncontrollable uncorrectable unwieldy

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

manageable

Synonyms

3 entries

uncontrollable uncorrectable unwieldy

Related terms

3 entries

unmanageability unmanageableness unmanageably

derived from

2 entries

manage manageable

related to

13 entries

defiant direct disobedient govern handling intractable manageable management restrain submit unmanageability unmanageableness unmanageably

similar

19 entries

awkward bunglesome clumsy cumbersome cumbrous defiant disobedient incorrigible indocile intractable noncompliant uncheckable uncontrollable ungainly

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Translations

20 translations across 15 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἄσχετος adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

Esperanto

1 entries

neregebla adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

Finnish

2 entries

hallitsematon adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)
vaikea hallita adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

French

1 entries

ingérable adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

Hungarian

1 entries

kezelhetetlen adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

Interlingua

1 entries

ingovernabile adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

Italian

2 entries

ingestibile adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)
ingovernabile adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

Japanese

2 entries

手に負えない adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)
煮ても焼いても食えない adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

Latin

1 entries

inhabilis adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

Middle English

1 entries

incorrigible adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

Māori

1 entries

ngākau totoa adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

Polish

2 entries

nie do opanowania adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)
nieposłuszny adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

Portuguese

1 entries

ingerível adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

Russian

1 entries

неуправля́емый adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

Spanish

2 entries

ingobernable adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)
inmanejable adj (not manageable; not readily submitting to handling)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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He is an unmanageable child.

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Tom became unmanageable.

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Tom is an unmanageable child.

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They were unmanageable pupils.

Source: tatoeba (10262310)

Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.

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