unmanageable

CEFRB2

/əˈnmænɪdʒəbəl/

adjective

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In plain English

01
adjective
Too difficult to control, organize, or deal with.
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adjective
Extra detail
Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed.

Examples

As beasts of labour buffaloes are excessively strong, but slow and unmanageable.
He is an unmanageable child.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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In context

Tom is an unmanageable child.
Meanwhile, the everyday landscape becomes more nightmarish and unmanageable each year.

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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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From un- + manageable.