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# ungovernable

adjective (ungovernable)

«ungovernable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Ungovernable means impossible to control or rule, like an ungovernable country, crowd or class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungovernable/#m1)
2. Ungovernable feelings, like anger, are too strong to control. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungovernable/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history and news: a country or region becomes ungovernable after war or chaos, when the government cannot keep order. In stories: an ungovernable temper, ungovernable horses. It tells the reader things have gone beyond control.

### Examples

- After the war, the region became ungovernable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungovernable/#x1)
- The wild horse was ungovernable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungovernable/#x2)
- The class was ungovernable on the last day of term. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungovernable/#x3)
- He had an ungovernable temper as a child. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungovernable/#x4)
- Rebels made the province ungovernable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungovernable/#x5)
- The crowd grew ungovernable when the gates opened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungovernable/#x6)

### Note

From «govern» + «-able» with «un-». Formal. Close to «uncontrollable» and «unruly».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ungovernable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungovernable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ungovernable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ungovernable.html) on Mova free.