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Unruly vs Unmanageable - What's the difference?

unruly | unmanageable | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between unruly and unmanageable

is that unruly is wild; uncontrolled while unmanageable is not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.

unruly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • wild; uncontrolled
    • The police gathered to contain the unruly mob.

    unmanageable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Joseph Stiglitz)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Globalisation is about taxes too , passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable , unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].}}

    Related terms

    * unmanageability * unmanageableness * unmanageably

    Synonyms

    * uncontrollable

    Antonyms

    * manageable

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