irrepressible
adjective
ir·re·press·ible
ˌir-i-ˈpre-sə-bəl 
: impossible to repress, restrain, or control
irrepressible curiosity
Examples of irrepressible in a Sentence
She has an irrepressible sense of humor.
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Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
Next year, the irrepressible flutist, Claire Chase, takes the music director reins.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
The pace of change seems irrepressible; new technologies will remake societies.
—Lant Pritchett, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
The aesthetics were, Fischler explains, the result of Bill’s irrepressible eclecticism.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
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irrepressible
adjective
ir·re·press·ible
ˌir-i-ˈpres-ə-bəl
: impossible to repress or control
irrepressible curiosity
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