unmanageable

1. 1.

   difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape

   “we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter”

   “almost dropped the unwieldy parcel”

   Synonymsunwieldy

   Similarawkwardcumbersome
2. 2.

   hard to control

   “a difficult child”

   “an unmanageable situation”

   Synonymsdifficult

   Antonymsmanageable

   Similarindocileincorrigibleuncheckable
3. 3.

   difficult to solve or alleviate

   “uncontrollable pain”

   Synonymsuncontrollable

   Similarintractable
4. 4.

   incapable of being controlled or managed

   “uncontrollable children”

   “an uncorrectable habit”

   Synonymsuncontrollableuncorrectable

   Similarincorrigible

Questions about unmanageable

What does unmanageable mean?

unmanageable means "difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unmanageable?

unmanageable has 5 syllables: un-man-a-gea-ble. The stress falls on "man". In IPA it is /ənˈmænɪdʒəbəl/.

What is another word for unmanageable?

Close synonyms include unwieldy, difficult, uncontrollable, uncontrollable, uncorrectable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unmanageable?

The recorded antonyms are manageable.

Is unmanageable a common word?

unmanageable is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unmanageable?

1 word rhymes with unmanageable. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.