unconvertible

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adjective

That cannot be converted.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectiveunconvertible (comparative more unconvertible, superlative most unconvertible)

comparative more unconvertible · superlative most unconvertible

  1. That cannot be converted.

    If the situation created by the War has transformed also the English circulation into unconvertible paper money, this is merely a passing fact.

    1922, Francesco Saverio Nitti, Peaceless Europe
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    I can only recommend you to read again Darwin's account of the horse family and its comparison with pigeons; and if that does not convince and stagger you, then you are unconvertible.

    1916, James Marchant, Alfred Russel Wallace= Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 (of 2)

    Of the 196 broad-gauge locomotives in service on the Great Western Railway at the end of 1891, sixty-nine were unconvertible to the standard gauge, and were withdrawn from service when Brunel's 7 ft. gauge was finally abolished nearly five months later.

    1955 August, “The Why and the Wherefore: Last Broad-Gauge Engines at Work”, in Railway Magazine, page 586

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveused especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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