undoable

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/ʌnˈduː.ə.bəl/

adjective

Not doable; impossible to do.

Similar
unachievableunattainableunrealizableimpossible
Opposite
unundoable
OriginEnglish doable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

undoable1

adjectiveundoable (comparative more undoable, superlative most undoable)

comparative more undoable · superlative most undoable

  1. Not doable; impossible to do.
nounundoable (plural undoables)

plural undoables

  1. Something that cannot be done; an impossible or impractical task.

undoable2

adjectiveundoable (comparative more undoable, superlative most undoable)

comparative more undoable · superlative most undoable

  1. Possible to undo; reversible.

    Many new functions and commands are undoable and a maximum of 30 commands are undoable and redoable.

    2003, Suzanne Sayegh Thomas, Using QuarkXPress 6.0, page 87

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
unundoable

adjectiveimpossible to achieve

Similar
unachievableunattainableunrealizableimpossible
Also see
impossibleunachievableunattainableunrealizable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

undoable · adjective, noun

  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. Englishdoable
  9. Englishundoable

From un- + doable.

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undoable · adjective

  1. Middle Englishundōn
  2. Englishundo
  3. Englishundoable

From undo + -able.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Dutch ongedaanmaakbaar
  • ongedaanmaakbaarpossible to undo
French infaisable
  • infaisablenot doable
German nicht machbar, rückgängig machbar
  • nicht machbarnot doable
  • rückgängig machbarpossible to undo
  • rückgängigmachbarpossible to undo
Polish nie do zrobienia, odwracalny
  • nie do zrobienianot doable
  • odwracalnypossible to undo
Turkish geri alınabilir, çözülebilir
  • geri alınabilirnot doable
  • çözülebilirpossible to undo
Cite this entry
APA

undoable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undoable

MLA

“undoable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undoable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undoable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undoable.

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