ungovernable
Example Sentences
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Ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith talks about overseeing an ungovernable government.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 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 stopped short of saying the Conservative Party was "ungovernable", characterising his account as more of a "description of politics more generally".
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
She was not of so ungovernable a temper as Lydia; and, removed from the influence of Lydia’s example, she became, by proper attention and management, less irritable, less ignorant, and less insipid.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
