unmanageable
adjective
un·man·age·able
ˌən-ˈma-ni-jə-bəl 
: not manageable : difficult or impossible to control or manage
unmanageable hair
an almost unmanageable amount of data
The prisoner became unmanageable.
an unmanageable temper
an unmanageable number of students for one teacher
an unmanageable amount of debt
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Examples of unmanageable in a Sentence
an unmanageable dog who had to be returned to the pound
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The prices aren’t yet unmanageable, because so few people are currently treated.
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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
The combination of steeply rising costs and being undercut by cheaper, similar apples from overseas is proving unmanageable.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
The combination of steeply rising costs and being undercut by cheaper, similar apples from overseas is proving unmanageable.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for unmanageable
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“Unmanageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmanageable. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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