inappropriable

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adjective

Not appropriable.

OriginEnglish appropriable ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

adjectiveinappropriable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot appropriable.

    We know that the inappropriable benefits generated by the subsidized innovative investment activity have a lower limit of $100.

    1984, Abraham Tarasofsky, The subsidization of innovation projects by the government of Canada, page 15

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishappropriable
  8. Englishinappropriable

From in- + appropriable.

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APA

inappropriable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inappropriable

MLA

“inappropriable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inappropriable. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inappropriable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inappropriable.

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