Definition of "ungovernable"

The concern about ungovernability in the United States often takes the form of complaints about “single-issue” politics and the limited influence and discipline of American political parties. Thus our next question is, Why are some modern societies to some degree ungovernable?

1982, Mancur Olson, The Rise and Decline of Nations, Yale University Press, page 8

While there is no mechanism to force a General Election, the internal wrangling within the Tory party may mean that ultimately the new PM will simply be so exhausted by the chaos that the country becomes ungovernable.

2022 November 2, Christian Wolmar, “Some early policy pointers, but we remain in a state of flux”, in RAIL, number 969, page 45