ungovernable

Example Sentences

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And so an outcast couple, immoral and ungovernable, served as the vanguard for new European settlements.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

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

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith talks about overseeing an ungovernable government.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

Meanwhile, the ocean itself plays its ungovernable part.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

Oliver Tambo and the ANC had called for the people of South Africa to render the country ungovernable, and the people were obliging.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela