unmanageable

adjective

un·​man·​age·​able ˌən-ˈma-ni-jə-bəl How to pronounce unmanageable (audio)
: not manageable : difficult or impossible to control or manage
unmanageable hair
an almost unmanageable amount of data
The prisoner became unmanageable.
an unmanageable temper
an unmanageable number of students for one teacher
an unmanageable amount of debt
unmanageability noun
unmanageably adverb
an unmanageably large amount of data

Examples of unmanageable in a Sentence

an unmanageable dog who had to be returned to the pound
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And the disaster has exposed holes in the region's preparations to reduce the chances of fires getting so unmanageable and to keep communities safer. Lauren Sommer, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025 But the situation is far from hopeless: over the long term the demographic and economic strains of the war will prove unmanageable for the Kremlin, forcing hard choices. John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025 MLOps streamline the deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of models so things don’t devolve into unmanageable chaos. Sarah Elk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 She’s fallen into an unmanageable level of notoriety: famous enough to have stalkers, not rich enough to hole up on Lake Como. Nate Jones, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unmanageable 

Word History

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unmanageable was in 1616

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“Unmanageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmanageable. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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