undirectable
Resists all steering
Undirectable describes someone who cannot be directed or guided—typically an actor or performer who resists instruction or fails to take direction from others.
The term implies stubbornness or an inability to collaborate: The producer warned me she was brilliant but undirectable.
It can extend beyond performance to anyone who won't follow guidance: an undirectable teenager.
Impossible to control
- unrulyDifficult to control
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
- intractableImpossible to manage
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
rebellious · disobedient · noncompliant · resistant · contrary · refractory · uncooperative · headstrong
Firmly refusing to yield
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
- obdurateStubbornly refusing to change
pigheaded · mulish · bullheaded · intransigent · immovable · headstrong · willful · dogged
Impossible to restrain
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- turbulentViolently agitated or disturbed
random · unguided · aimless · haphazard · disorderly · unsteerable · unnavigable · wayward
Free from external control
- self-willedStubbornly determined to choose
- freethinkingIntellectually independent reasoning
- self-determinedDecided by oneself
- unguidableCannot be directed
self-governing · unbridled · unconstrained · uncontrolled · free-ranging · unsupervised · unleashed · unrestrained
unmanageable
Impossible to control
- unrulyDifficult to control
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
- intractableImpossible to manage
insubordinate · rebellious · disobedient · noncompliant · resistant · contrary · refractory · uncooperative · headstrong · wayward
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
obdurate · pigheaded · mulish · bullheaded · intransigent · immovable · headstrong · willful · dogged · unbending
uncontrollable
Impossible to restrain
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- volatileLiable to sudden change
turbulent · random · unguided · aimless · haphazard · disorderly · unsteerable · unnavigable · wayward · drifting
independent
Free from external control
- self-willedStubbornly determined to choose
- freethinkingIntellectually independent reasoning
- self-determinedDecided by oneself
unguidable · self-governing · unbridled · unconstrained · uncontrolled · free-ranging · unsupervised · unleashed · unrestrained · untethered
undirectabledirectable
Able to be guided
controllable · manageable · guidable · steerable · governable
undirectableobedient
Following commands willingly
compliant · docile · biddable · submissive · cooperative
direct, directable, directed, undirected, directing, directs, direction, directions, directional