noncontrollable
- adjective
- /nɑnˌkɒntrəˈboʊləbəl/
:
incontrolable
- The wild animals in the park are often noncontrollable, making it difficult for the staff to manage their movements.
Examples
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In chaotic situations, emotions can become noncontrollable, leading to unpredictable reactions.
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The storm's intensity became noncontrollable, causing widespread damage across the town.
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Users predominantly chose the passive, noncontrollable regression aid in the high-predictability environment where they had the most control over solving the problem correctly (i.e., less random error).
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
79
4.0
Impossible to prevent from continuing or reaching its goal
47
4.9
Not able to be held back
31
3.9
Not kept within limits, like a fire or a strong feeling
12
6.2
Hard to control or deal with
4
8.6
Very difficult to control, for example a crowd or class
2
6.5
Too strong to control, it often makes people laugh loudly or feel great joy
1
5.7
Too strong to be stopped or managed
1
6.4
Not controlled and allowed to spread freely
1
7.9
Not able to be fixed or controlled
Too strong to be controlled
Impossible to control or stop
Hard to control or change
Not able to be defeated or controlled
Antonyms
How Controllable
Surface Forms
Morphology
noncontrollable = controllable (transparent) = non + control + able
The negative prefix 'non-' straightforwardly negates 'controllable' to mean 'not able to be controlled'.
Etymology
Noncontrollable breaks into non- 'not', control 'to hold or guide', and -able 'can be'. So, noncontrollable literally means something you 'cannot hold or guide', in other words 'not able to be controlled'.