uncontrollability
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- noun
- /ˌʌn.kənˌtroʊ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
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incontrolabilidad
- For both invasions and natural disasters, it is the unpredictability and uncontrollability of damaging events that demand planning for the worst.
Examples
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The uncontrollability of the storm led to widespread damage across the coastal town.
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Diversity and uncontrollability are not unique to chaotic systems.
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The element of uncertainty and uncontrollability that is present in a sports environment often leads to anxious feelings in athletes.
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In everyday use, chaos is thought of as synonymous with randomness or uncontrollability.
Academic text (1995) -
Still, the perceived uncontrollability of cancer is often at the root of pessimism and fatalism for some individuals with cancer, and this, in turn, may affect individuals' psychosocial functioning in an unfavorable way (Christ, 1989).
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Many people fear the uncontrollability of their emotions during stressful situations.
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The uncontrollability of the wildfire made it impossible for firefighters to contain it.
Synonyms
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A situation where people are very hard to control, like a crowd or class
A situation or thing that people cannot control
Antonyms
- Specialized
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How easy it is to make a machine, system, or process do what you want
How Controllable
Surface Forms
Morphology
uncontrollability = uncontrollable (transparent) = un + control + able + ity
The noun is regularly formed from the adjective 'uncontrollable' with the suffix '-ity' to mean a state or quality.
Etymology
Uncontrollability is made from un- 'not', control 'to hold or manage', and -ability 'the quality of being'. So, uncontrollability is the 'state of not being able to control' something — like trying to hold water that keeps slipping through your hands.