unactable

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adjective

Impossible to act.

“Some parts in the surrealist play were said to be unactable.”

Opposite
actable
OriginEnglish actable ← Middle English acte ← Old French act →
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Meanings

adjectiveunactable (comparative more unactable, superlative most unactable)

comparative more unactable · superlative most unactable

  1. Impossible to act.

    Some parts in the surrealist play were said to be unactable.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot actable

Opposite
actable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  10. Proto-Italic*agō
  11. Latinagō
  12. Latināctus
  13. Latinācta
  14. Old Frenchact
  15. Middle Englishacte
  16. Englishact
  17. Englishactable
  18. Englishunactable

From un- + actable.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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