unairworthy

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adjective

Not ready to fly; unfit for an air voyage.

Opposite
airworthy
OriginEnglish airworthy ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunairworthy (comparative more unairworthy, superlative most unairworthy)

comparative more unairworthy · superlative most unairworthy

  1. Not ready to fly; unfit for an air voyage.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
airworthy

adjectivenot fit to fly

Opposite
airworthy

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. Englishairworthy
  9. Englishunairworthy

From un- + airworthy.

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Translations

Finnish lentokelvoton
  • lentokelvotonnot ready to fly; unfit for an air voyage
German flugunfähig, fluguntauglich
  • flugunfähignot ready to fly; unfit for an air voyage
  • fluguntauglichnot ready to fly; unfit for an air voyage
  • fluguntüchtignot ready to fly; unfit for an air voyage
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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