out of control
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.35 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Not under control.
prep_phrase
Not controllable.
prep_phrase
Not in control of one's actions.
Example Sentences
- "The economy is out of control and is headed for a crash."
- "The correspondence in these columns about locomotive slipping, which has been proceeding for some months past, is tending to get out of control, and it is necessary, despite the interest of the subject, to bring it to a close."
- "The UN secretary general has said that “climate change is out of control”, as an unofficial analysis of data showed that average world temperatures in the seven days to Wednesday were the hottest week on record."
- "The airplane went out of control after its flight-control system failed."
- "A coal train running into Bangor got out of control, with the result that the engine crashed through the buffers, and the leading bogie and driving wheels mounted the platform beyond."
- "Your children are completely out of control. Can you stop them running around like that?"