UNGOVERNABLE, adjective 1. That cannot be governed; that cannot be ruled or restrained. 2. Licentious; wild; unbridled; as ungovernable passions.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
UNGOVERNABLE, adjective 1. That cannot be governed; that cannot be ruled or restrained. 2. Licentious; wild; unbridled; as ungovernable passions.
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