unguidable

Resists all steering

Unguidable describes something or someone that cannot be guided, directed, or steered.

The word applies to people who resist instruction or advice, to vehicles or objects that won't respond to controls, or to processes that defy management: The missile became unguidable after its fins were damaged.

He was unguidable—no mentor could reach him.

intractable

unmanageable

Impossible to control

unassailable · impervious · untameable · irreducible · ungovernable · unruly · unrestrained · unchecked · unbridled · wild

erratic

wayward

Stubbornly self-willed

meandering · wandering · drifting · straying · off-course · aimless · directionless · rudderless · adrift · astray

stubborn

obstinate

Firmly refusing to yield

unyielding · obdurate · bullheaded · mulish · recalcitrant · defiant · insubordinate · uncooperative · uncompliant · rebellious

Opposites
amenability to guidance

unguidableguidable

Able to be steered

directable · teachable · coachable · tractable · amenable

controllability

unguidablesteerable

Able to change direction

manageable · controllable · governable · handleable · maneuverable

Family

guide, guidance, guided, guiding, guidebook, guideline, misguided, guidelines, misguide

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