Incontinent meaning

ĭn-kŏn'tə-nənt
Not restrained; uncontrolled.

Incontinent rage.

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Lacking normal voluntary control of excretory functions.
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Lacking sexual restraint; unchaste.
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Without the normal ability to restrain a particular natural discharge, as of urine, from the body.
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Immediately; without delay.
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Lacking normal voluntary control of excretory functions.
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Lacking sexual restraint; unchaste.
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(often followed by of) Unable to contain or retain.
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Lacking the ability to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of urination or defecation.
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Lacking moral or sexual restraint, moderation or self-control, especially of sexual desire.
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An incontinent river of pure water.

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(obsolete) One who is unchaste.

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Origin of incontinent

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin incontinēns incontinent- unrestrained in- not in–1 continēns continent continent2
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Old French incontinent, from Latin incontinens
    From Wiktionary

Incontinent Sentence Examples

  • If the laity were to stand aloof from all incontinent priests, while (as the most orthodox churchmen constantly complained) many priests were still incontinent, then this could only result in estranging large bodies of the laity from the sacraments of the church.

  • Your pet may become incontinent, and there are products on the market for that too.

  • The first visitation of his friend Odo Rigaldi, archbishop of Rouen, shows that about 15% of the parish clergy in that diocese were notoriously incontinent (Regestrum Visitationum, ed.

  • If you have an incontinent pooch, the diaper harness for dogs may be the ticket to being able to keep your pet indoors.

  • incontinent dog, that sort of thing.

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