ungovernable

Example Sentences

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But the Islamist insurgency has continued, and has made much of the north and east of the country ungovernable.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

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

He glanced back apprehensively, half expecting to find the limp white things crawling after him in sightless pursuit or snaking up through the treetops in a writhing and ungovernable mutative mass.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller