unmanageable

English

Alternative forms

• unmanagable

Etymology

un- +‎ manageable

Adjective

unmanageable (comparative more unmanageable, superlative most unmanageable)

1. 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."

Synonyms

• uncontrollable

Antonyms

• manageable

Related terms

• unmanageability
• unmanageableness
• unmanageably

Translations

not manageable; not readily submitting to handling

• Esperanto: neregebla
• Finnish: hallitsematon (fi), vaikea hallita
• French: ingérable (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄσχετος (áskhetos)

• Hungarian: kezelhetetlen (hu)
• Interlingua: ingovernabile
• Italian: ingovernabile, ingestibile
• Japanese: 手に負えない (ja) (te ni oenai), 煮ても焼いても食えない (nitemo yaitemo kuenai)
• Latin: inhabilis
• Maori: ngākau totoa
• Middle English: incorrigible
• Portuguese: ingerível
• Spanish: inmanejable (es), ingobernable

References

• “unmanageable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.