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Definition of incontinent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

incontinent

adjective
 
/ɪnˈkɒntɪnənt/
 
/ɪnˈkɑːntɪnənt/
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  1. not able to control the bladder and bowels
    • Many of our patients are incontinent.
    • to be doubly incontinent
    opposite continent (2)
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin incontinent-, from in- ‘not’ + continent- ‘holding together’ (see continent). The current meaning dates from the early 19th cent.
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