unmanageable
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un·man·age·a·ble
(ŭn-măn′ĭ-jə-bəl)adj.
1. Difficult or impossible to manage or control: unmanageable traffic congestion.
2. Difficult to carry or maneuver; unwieldy: unmanageable bundles.
un·man′age·a·bil′i·ty n.
un·man′age·a·bly adv.
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unmanageable
(ʌnˈmænɪdʒəbəl)adj
difficult or impossible to control, use, or manipulate
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Adj. | 1. | unmanageable - difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape; "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel" |
2. | unmanageable - hard to control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation" defiant, noncompliant - boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude" disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children" intractable - not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal" manageable - capable of being managed or controlled | |
3. | ![]() intractable - not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal" | |
4. | unmanageable - incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit" incorrigible - impervious to correction by punishment |
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unmanageable
adjective
1. cumbersome, inconvenient, unwieldy, demanding, awkward, bulky, clunky (informal), difficult to handle, unhandy The city school system is unmanageable.
cumbersome manageable, wieldy
cumbersome manageable, wieldy
2. uncontrollable, difficult, wild, out of hand, disruptive, unruly, troublesome, intractable, boisterous, fractious, undisciplined, stroppy (Brit. slang), incorrigible, refractory, obstreperous The signs are that indulged children tend to become unmanageable.
uncontrollable manageable, compliant, docile, easy, amenable, submissive, tractable
uncontrollable manageable, compliant, docile, easy, amenable, submissive, tractable
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unmanageable
adjective2. Not submitting to discipline or control:
disorderly, fractious, indocile, intractable, lawless, obstinate, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wild.
Idiom: out of line.
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[ʌnˈmænɪdʒəbl] ADJCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005