adj.

Difficult or impossible to manage, as:

1. Not submitting to discipline; unruly: an unmanageable child.
2. Difficult to keep under control or within limits: unmanageable traffic congestion.
3. Awkward; unwieldy: unmanageable bundles.

unmanageability un·man'age·a·bil'i·ty n.
unmanageably un·man'age·a·bly adv.

adjective

1. Difficult to handle or manage: awkward, bulky, clumsy, ungainly, unhandy, unwieldy. See easy/hard.
2. Not submitting to discipline or control: disorderly, fractious, indocile, intractable, lawless, obstinate, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wild. Idioms: out of line. See control/uncontrol, order/disorder, peace/conflict, resist/yield.

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The adjective has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
  Synonym: unwieldy

Meaning #2: difficult to manage or control
  Antonym: manageable (meaning #2)

Meaning #3: difficult to solve or alleviate
  Synonym: uncontrollable

Meaning #4: not susceptible of improvement
  Synonyms: uncontrollable, uncorrectable

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - umedgørlig, ikke til at styre

Nederlands (Dutch)
onhandelbaar, moeilijk te besturen/hanteren

Français (French)
adj. - farouche, ingérable, rebelle, démesuré

Deutsch (German)
adj. - widerspenstig, unkontrollierbar, unhandlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανοικονόμητος

Italiano (Italian)
intrattabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ingovernável, pouco manejável, indócil

Русский (Russian)
неуправляемый, громоздкий (о системе и т.п.), трудный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inmanejable, poco dócil, intratable, indisciplinable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ohanterlig, oregerlig, manöveroduglig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
难处理的, 处理不了的, 难操纵的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 難處理的, 處理不了的, 難操縱的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 다루기 힘든, 통제할 수 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 手に負えない, 扱いにくい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صعب الانقياد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קשה לטיפול, קשה להשגחה‬

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