unmanageably
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7.3
- adverb
- /ʌnˈmænɪdʒəbli/
:
incontrolablemente
- With so many tasks piling up, his workload became unmanageably high before the deadline.
- unmanageably large
It's just going to be unmanageably slow.
- It's just going to be unmanageably slow.
Examples
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We need to understand that India has an unmanageably large population mired in poverty, and we are spinning our wheels trying to feed it.
Blog text (3) -
She had remained looking frustrated at her morning, as if the piece of the day was behaving unmanageably.
Fiction book (1990) -
I didn't use to, but when I was writing "The Skaters," the lines became unmanageably long.
Blog text (3) -
The use of technology prevents farming out courses to more poorly trained personnel and can stem the tide of unmanageably large sections.
Academic text (2002) -
As you will recall, India has an unmanageably large population mired in poverty, and we are spinning our wheels trying to prop it up.
Blog text (27) -
We need to understand that Pakistan has an unmanageably large Sunni population mired in poverty, and we are spinning our wheels trying to feed it.
Blog text (27) -
As you will recall, along the Afghan/Pak borders, Pakistan has an unmanageably large fundamentalist Taliban population mired in poverty, and we are spinning our wheels trying to prop it up.
Blog text (27) -
As the divergence between Java code in JDK and that in the Netscape browser was becoming unmanageably large, the presidents of Netscape and JavaSoft invited IBM to perform a confidential and binding arbitration.
Academic text (2011) -
After the storm, the fallen branches created an unmanageably large obstacle in the road.
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The committee faced an unmanageably long list of complaints to address in their meeting.
Synonyms
176
4.8
A situation that is not under control and hard to manage
26
5.6
You cannot stop doing something because of strong feeling
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9.2
In a way that is very hard to manage or control
In a way that does not work well or is too difficult to use
Antonyms
How Manageable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unmanageably = unmanageable (transparent) = un + manage + able + ly
Standard adverbial formation by adding '-ly' to the adjective 'unmanageable'.
Etymology
Unmanageably breaks into un- 'not', manage 'to handle or control', -able 'can be' and -ly which turns it into a word that shows how something happens. So, unmanageably means 'in a way that cannot be handled or controlled'.