unburnable

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adjective

That is difficult or impossible to burn

OriginEnglish burnable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

adjectiveunburnable (comparative more unburnable, superlative most unburnable)

comparative more unburnable · superlative most unburnable

  1. That is difficult or impossible to burn

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. Englishburnable
  9. Englishunburnable

From un- + burnable.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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