ungovernable

[US]/ʌn'gʌv(ə)nəb(ə)l/
[UK]/ʌn'gʌvɚnəbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. difícil de controlar

Real-world Examples

The second reason is that Republicans are setting a precedent which, if followed, would make America ungovernable.

La segunda razón es que los republicanos están sentando un precedente que, si se siguiera, haría que Estados Unidos fuera inmanejable.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

Some unfathomable men became more and more ungovernable.

Algunos hombres inescrutables se volvieron cada vez más inmanejables.

Source: Pan Pan

And the risk of it happening is one of the big reasons critics think solar geoengineering is ungovernable and unsustainable.

Y el riesgo de que esto suceda es una de las principales razones por las que los críticos creen que la geoingeniería solar es inmanejable e insostenible.

Source: Vox opinion

They shrink by an ungovernable instinct, as they would shrink from laceration.

Se retraen por un instinto incontrolable, como se retraerían ante una laceración.

Source: Adam Bede (Volume Four)

If Russia's aim was to undermine Ukrainians' trust in their government and render the country ungovernable, it failed.

Si el objetivo de Rusia era socavar la confianza de los ucranianos en su gobierno y hacer que el país fuera inmanejable, fracasó.

Source: The Economist Science and Technology

She would have loved what was happening to the place with the arrival of this crazy, pregnant foreign woman and her utterly ungovernable family.

Le habría encantado lo que estaba sucediendo en el lugar con la llegada de esta mujer extranjera, loca, embarazada y su familia absolutamente inmanejable.

Source: A man named Ove decides to die.

Hogs, mules, horses, and cattle are afraid of bears, and are seized with ungovernable terror when they approach, particularly hogs and mules.

Los cerdos, los burros, los caballos y el ganado tienen miedo de los osos y se embargan de un terror incontrolable cuando se acercan, especialmente los cerdos y los burros.

Source: Summer walks through the mountains.

By 2009 the Shabab, with a core of 5,000-odd fighters, had mastered a good half of the country and made most of the rest virtually ungovernable.

En 2009, los Shabab, con un núcleo de unos 5.000 combatientes, habían dominado una buena parte del país y habían hecho que el resto fuera prácticamente inmanejable.

Source: The Economist - Arts

He was probably about five hundred pounds in weight, a broad, rusty bundle of ungovernable wildness, a happy fellow whose lines have fallen in pleasant places.

Probablemente pesaba unas 227 kilogramos, un paquete ancho y oxidado de indomable salvajeza, un hombre feliz al que la vida le ha sonreído.

Source: Summer walks through the mountains.

Miss Abbott was likewise attended by numerous relatives, and the sight of so many people talking at once and saying such different things caused Lilia to break into ungovernable peals of laughter.

La señorita Abbott también estaba acompañada por numerosos parientes, y la vista de tanta gente hablando a la vez y diciendo cosas tan diferentes hizo que Lilia estallara en carcajadas incontrolables.

Source: The places where angels dare not tread.

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