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ungovernable [ʌnˈgʌvərnəbl, Brit -vən-] ADJ

ungovernable

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He made a few attempts at management, but was mostly unsuccessful, owing to his ungovernable temper. en.wikipedia.org

Army units and rural tribes across the north and east, already basically ungovernable, started raising rebellions which were only crushed with difficulty. en.wikipedia.org

The government, for its part, was afraid that resistance groups would turn into ungovernable political militias after liberation, challenging the government's position and threatening political stability. en.wikipedia.org

Part of the problem is that if a speaker is too lax, the chamber can quickly become ungovernable. www.masslive.com

Smith makes clear that it is this ability to self-command our ungovernable passions through sympathizing with others that is virtuous. en.wikipedia.org

It was some thugs hiding in ungovernable mountains. www.gizmag.com

Clearly the point of the protests was to make the country ungovernable -- inhibiting traffic flows, creating artificial shortages and generally intimidating people in the street. isj.org.uk

The predominant note, though, is of ungovernable wildness. www.independent.co.uk

Initially designed as a centralizing move, this eventually backfired, as the qaids, once esconsed in their tribal fiefs, proved even more ungovernable than the amghars had ever been. en.wikipedia.org

His policies are such a driver of sectarianism that he makes the country ungovernable, and peace is simply impossible while he remains in office. www.vox.com

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