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incontinent

[in-kon-tn-uhnt] / ɪnˈkɒn tn ənt /


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The cast’s choices are like weather-balloon data that presage the disaster of the movie’s climax, when everyone behaves like an emotionally incontinent millennial.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

He fell into a coma, became incontinent and quadriplegic.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Competent lawyers absolutely would not put him on the stand anyway — the man is emotionally incontinent and too proud of his crimes to avoid confessing.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2023

But two days later the pain was increasing and she realised she was incontinent.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2023

If your aged parents have grown tiresome or incontinent, you put them away where others will deal with their dirty diapers and dementia.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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