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Webster 1913 Edition


Uncontrollable

Unˊcon-trol′la-ble

,
Adj.
1.
Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible;
as, an
uncontrollable
temper;
uncontrollable
events
.
2.
Indisputable; irrefragable;
as, an
uncontrollable
maxim; an
uncontrollable
title
.
[R.]
Swift.
–
Unˊcon-trol′la-ble-ness
,
Noun.
–
Unˊcon-trol′la-bly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Uncontrollable

UNCONTROLLABLE

, a.
1.
That cannot be controlled; ungovernable; that cannot be restrained; as an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable subjects.
2.
That cannot be resisted or diverted; as uncontrollable events.
3.
Indisputable; irrefragable; as an uncontrollable maxim; the king's uncontrollable title to the English throne.