uncoachable

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adjective

Impossible or very difficult to coach.

“These new players are just uncoachable; they don't listen to anything I say.”

OriginEnglish coachable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuncoachable (comparative more uncoachable, superlative most uncoachable)

comparative more uncoachable · superlative most uncoachable

  1. Impossible or very difficult to coach.

    These new players are just uncoachable; they don't listen to anything I say.

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. Englishcoachable
  9. Englishuncoachable

From un- + coachable.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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