ungovernable

«ungovernable» in Mova's school dictionary: impossible to control or rule, like an ungovernable… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (ungovernable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Ungovernable means impossible to control or rule, like an ungovernable country, crowd or class. tree →

2) Ungovernable feelings, like anger, are too strong to control. tree →

sense 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 →
• The wild horse was ungovernable. tree →
• The class was ungovernable on the last day of term. tree →
• He had an ungovernable temper as a child. tree →
• Rebels made the province ungovernable. tree →
• The crowd grew ungovernable when the gates opened. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ungovernable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.