Unmanageable Meaning
/əˈnmænɪdʒəbəl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjNot manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed.
Sentence Examples
He is an unmanageable child.
Tom is an unmanageable child.
As beasts of labour buffaloes are excessively strong, but slow and unmanageable.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher found the class of noisy students completely ____, so she called for help.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The project became ____ because there were too many different tasks to finish in such a short amount of time today.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Meanwhile, the everyday landscape becomes more nightmarish and unmanageable each year."
— 1994, James Howard Kunstler, The geography of nowhere: the rise and decline of America's man-made landscape, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 10:
"It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […]."
— 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
"It says the station's four ticket office windows were closed, with passengers directed to the five ticket machines, which "resulted in chaos". The TSSA reported: "Within four minutes the queues were unmanageable, and the ticket office was forced to reopen for customers, who were said to be unimpressed.""
— 2023 November 1, “Network News: TSSA: Benfleet ticket office 'stress test' was a failure”, in RAIL, number 995, page 9:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher found the class of noisy students completely ____, so she called for help.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The project became ____ because there were too many different tasks to finish in such a short amount of time today.