unmanageable

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ənˈmænɪdʒəbəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #49355

Meanings

1

adj
Difficult or impossible to control or deal with.

Her workload had grown completely unmanageable.
2

adj
Awkward to handle because of its size, weight, or shape.

The wardrobe was too unmanageable to carry up the stairs.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · difficult or impossible to... uncontrollable ungovernable

2 adj · awkward to handle because... unwieldy

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Phrases (1)

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unmanageable situation
a set of circumstances that is too difficult to control or handle

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From un- + manageable.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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