ungovernable

Example Sentences

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At a news conference this week, the prime minister said: "No, I don't think Britain is ungovernable."

From BBC • May 16, 2026

The 34-year-old, with scant managerial experience, will have to manage a famously ungovernable city in all of its vast complexity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Meanwhile, the ocean itself plays its ungovernable part.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

He was ungovernable and thrill-seeking, traits that, on the set, gave his performances authenticity but that also led him to squander opportunities.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024

She watched him put on his socks, with a mixed expression of injury and the ungovernable interest of someone who has been examining laundered socks for holes for a great many years.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger