unmanageable
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + manageable.
Adjective
[edit]unmanageable (comparative more unmanageable, superlative most unmanageable)
- Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed
- Synonyms: uncontrollable, unworkable
- 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
- 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 […].
- 2023 November 1, “Network News: TSSA: Benfleet ticket office 'stress test' was a failure”, in RAIL, number 995, page 9:
- 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."
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[edit]Translations
[edit]not manageable; not readily submitting to handling
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References
[edit]- “unmanageable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.