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Definition of "ungovernable" []

  • Incapable of being governed, restrained, or controlled. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ungovernable" in a sentence
  • "For a partisan such as Yglesias to say that America has become ungovernable is a rare opening of a window to his soul."
  • "The idea that this one rule permits the minority that only represents a third of the country to render the country ungovernable is simply true."
  • "The idea that this one rule permits the minority that only represents a third of the country to render the country ungovernable is simply true"