Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UN-CON-TROLL'A-BLE
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UN-CON-TROLL'A-BLE, a.
- That can not be controlled; ungovernable; that can not be restrained; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable subjects.
- That can not be resisted or diverted; as, uncontrollable events.
- Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; the king's uncontrollable title to the English throne.
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