nonculturable

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adjective

Not culturable.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivenonculturable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot culturable.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  16. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  17. Latincolō
  18. Latincultūra
  19. Middle Frenchculture
  20. Englishculture
  21. Englishculturable
  22. Englishnonculturable

From non- + culturable.

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APA

nonculturable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonculturable

MLA

“nonculturable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonculturable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonculturable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonculturable.

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