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单词 uncontrollable
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uncontrollableadj.

Brit. /ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbl/, /ˌʌŋkənˈtrəʊləbl/, U.S. /ˌənkənˈtroʊləb(ə)l/
Etymology: un- prefix1 1b
1. Incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adjective]
sickera1400
undoubtingc1400
undoubtablec1425
doubtlessc1440
unsoilablec1449
unwithsayablec1450
undoubtedc1460
indoubted?1467
indubitate1480
undubitate1482
unrepugnablea1500
infallible1526
questionless1532
insoluble1533
irrefragable1533
undoubtful1533
inexpugnablea1535
uncontrolleda1535
undeniable1541
indisputable1551
indoubtable1557
unsoluble1559
uncontrollable1577
infringible1581
irreprovable1581
ungainsaid1587
unquestionable1587
unquarrelled1588
peremptory1589
irrefragatea1592
unrefellable1593
unrefutable1594
controversiless1604
unquestioned1604
undisputable1605
impleadable1606
contradictless1607
unargued1609
unchallengeable1611
uncontroversable1617
ungainsayable1618
irrefutable1620
indeniable1621
undenied1621
incontradictable1624
indenied1624
indubious1625
indubitable1625
undisputeda1627
uncontroversed1634
unchallengeda1639
God-given1642
indisputed1643
unconfutable1643
undubitable1643
incontrollable1646
incontrovertible1646
unquarrellable1646
watertight1647
unquaerable1657
uncontrovertible1664
incontestable1673
inconfutable1679
uncontestable1681
uncontested1683
uncontradictory1698
uncontradictable1707
incontested1712
irrevinciblea1746
contestlessa1750
innegable1772
irrecusable1776
unrebuttable1804
unassailable1830
unimpugnable1832
irrebuttablea1834
unquibbled1860
inarguablea1875
automatic1877
inoppugnable1885
indiscussible1893
indiscutable1933
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. ix. sig. Oo.iiv/2 That diuine saying of Sainct Peter remaineth for euer vncomptroleable.
1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 362 It is to be noted, as warranted out of vncontrowlable Authors, that [etc.].
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. i. 273 His labours are rationall, and uncontroulable upon the grounds assumed. View more context for this quotation
1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity iii. iii. 304 He makes it an uncontrolable Argument of the Truth.
1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. p. lxxiv Which uncontroulable Maxim I took particular Care of introducing.
2.
a. Not subject to control from a higher authority; absolute.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > [adjective] > absolute
absolute1567
uncontrollable1593
arbitrary1642
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 110 Armed with that supreme, & Vncontrowlable authoritie, which they affect in causes Ecclesiasticall.
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 526 His sentence in matters of Law and Religion is uncontrollable.
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 140 He had vested them with an..unlimited power, and uncontroulable in the Government of Religion.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 167. ⁋3 I have grasped imaginary Scepters, and delivered uncontroulable Edicts.
1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 39 Authority..can never..become quite entire and uncontroulable.
1809 M. Edgeworth Manœuvring xiii, in Tales Fashionable Life III. 341 She had an uncontrollable right to marry as she thought proper.
1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ii. 49 The power of the Creator over all his creatures is entirely uncontrollable.
b. In quasi-adverbial use.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adverb]
substantively1598
unsubordinately1636
independently1651
uncontrollablea1704
a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 52 Consider whether 'tis not the Drunkard, that..acts as uncontroulable as the God's themselves.
3. That cannot be controlled or restrained.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or intractable (of things)
wickc1330
riotous1340
wickeda1352
untreatablec1374
frowarda1400
inobedient1495
stubborn?1518
unwieldya1538
unruly1548
wieldlessa1560
hard1560
untoward1566
tickle1570
churlish1577
unwieldsome1579
rebellious1587
disobedient1588
unframeable1593
unwilling1593
untractable1601
unmanageable1606
intractable1607
surly1609
unwedgeablea1616
dogged1627
uncontrollable1648
obdurate1651
morose1652
uncompliant1659
sullen1678
unpliant1716
ungovernable1773
sulky1867
intractile1880
unwieldly1881
bunglesome1915
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > uncontrollable or ungovernable
steerlessc888
rebelc1400
untemperable?1571
effrenated1587
incontrollable1605
unrepressable1607
commandless1609
unmasterable1618
masterless1619
effrenable1621
uncontrollable1648
unrulable1672
ungovernable1673
governless1679
unrepressible1776
incoercible1804
irrepressible1811
bronco1866
intemperable1898
1648 R. Josselin Diary (1908) 54 The wofull uncontroulable encrease of all manner of wickedness.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 262 Cardarigas..fancies to himself that they were brought thither by some uncontroulable destiny to be destroyed.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. i. 2 His natural imperiousness, and fierce and uncontroulable temper.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. ix. 231 His horse, seizing the bit with his teeth, went forth at an uncontroulable gallop.
1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) II. v. viii. 629 Poverty and misery produced by accidental and uncontrollable causes.
1879 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics 570 Hydrophobia is a perfectly uncontrollable disease.
absolute.1754 S. Richardson Corr. (1804) IV. 89 Dr. Young is another uncontrollable, therefore unaccountable.1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to West Wind iv, in Prometheus Unbound 191 The impulse of thy strength, only less free Than thou, O uncontroulable.

Draft additions 1993

A person or thing (esp. a factor) that is uncontrollable or unpredictable. Cf. sense 3 absol.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > unpredictability > instance of
uncertainty1619
peradventure1627
casualty?1677
anybody's guess1893
guess1958
uncontrollable1977
1977 Daily Tel. 13 Apr. 17/3 Cheshire is trying to switch these uncontrollables from one school to another.
1981 Bank Marketing Dec. 23/2 Economic turmoil, political crises, war, peace, flood, and famine are uncontrollables.
1986 Parl. Affairs 39 307 Budget officials often refer to the major spending programmes authorised by welfare state legislation as ‘uncontrollables’.
1988 Communications (U.S.) Feb. 53/1 If paging companies look at creative ways to turn ‘uncontrollables’ into long-term customers, the financial impact is dramatic.
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