ungovernable

Example Sentences

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A snap legislative election last year produced an ungovernable National Assembly split three ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

"It's better to look at what's causing people to be ungovernable," says Rachel Kleinfeld, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace who specialises in polarised democracies.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

So as I watched canary-yellow Canadian Super Scooper planes roar into Los Angeles to help douse the ungovernable firestorms threatening my home, my grieving Nova Scotian heart soared: reciprocity between old friends.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

He was ungovernable and thrill-seeking, traits that, on the set, gave his performances authenticity but that also led him to squander opportunities.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024

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