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Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uncontrollable, ungovernable, unworkable
Antonyms: manageable
hard to control,
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a difficult child
- an unmanageable situation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: difficult
Antonyms: manageable
difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter
- almost dropped the unwieldy parcel
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unwieldy
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
incapable of being controlled or managed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- uncontrollable children
- an uncorrectable habit
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uncontrollable, uncorrectable
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
difficult to solve or alleviate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uncontrollable
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English manageable English unmanageable From un- + manageable.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Esperanto:
neregebla
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Finnish:
hallitsematon
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Finnish:
vaikea hallita
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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French:
ingérable
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Ancient Greek:
ἄσχετος
(áskhetos)
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Hungarian:
kezelhetetlen
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Interlingua:
ingovernabile
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Italian:
ingovernabile
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Italian:
ingestibile
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Japanese:
手に負えない
(te ni oenai)
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Japanese:
煮ても焼いても食えない
(nitemo yaitemo kuenai)
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Latin:
inhabilis
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Māori:
ngākau totoa
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Middle English:
incorrigible
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Polish:
nieposłuszny
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Polish:
nie do opanowania
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Portuguese:
ingerível
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Russian:
неуправля́емый
(neupravljájemyj)
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Spanish:
inmanejable
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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Spanish:
ingobernable
— not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
