Meanings
noununcontrol (uncountable)
- uncommonuncountableThe lack or absence of control.
The brows raised exceedingly, signify uncontrol.
1889, Edmund Shaftesbury, Lessons in the Art of Facial Expressions1 more example
She said comedy was “the victorious tilting of uncontrol against control.”
2007 May 22, Douglas Martin, “Dame Mary Douglas, 86, a Wide-Ranging Anthropologist, Is Dead”, in New York Times
Origin
From un- (“lack or absence of”) + control.
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APA
uncontrol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontrol
MLA
“uncontrol.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontrol. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncontrol,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontrol.
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