irrepressible
adjective
ir·re·press·ible
ˌir-i-ˈpre-sə-bəl 
: impossible to repress, restrain, or control
irrepressible curiosity
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She has an irrepressible sense of humor.
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
But Kehlmann the moralist is also an irrepressible trickster, an endlessly fertile maker of fictional modes.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
Andrew was so full of irrepressible energy that his death on April 28 at the age of 59 of glioblastoma has left me and his many friends across the independent film world shaken.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 7 May 2025
And geography has always been the great, irrepressible motivator of our actions.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2025
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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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