Meanings
- not comparableNot groundable.
2008, South Park (TV series), The Ungroundable You can't ground me, for I'm neither living nor dead. How can thy ground that which is ungroundable?
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“We're nineteen. Soon we'll be out of the teens.” “And ungroundable,” Eve agreed darkly.
2010, Piers Anthony, Jumper Cable, →ISBN- not comparablehuman sciencesImpossible to ground.
[…] judgments that are ungroundable because infinitely reflective […]
1999, Anthony J. Cascardi, Consequences of Enlightenment2 more examples
Insisting on existential decision as the last word in such an ungroundable sphere is one way of understanding ethical responsibility.
2000, Lawrence J. Hatab, Ethics and finitude: Heideggerian contributions to moral philosophyOur rational functioning draws energy and guidance from a basic, rationally ungroundable stance or orientation […]
2002, Ronald Alexander Kuipers, Critical faith - not comparableUnable to be electrically grounded.
Needless to say, clothing is ungroundable, so short sleeves are recommended.
1978, Evaluation Engineering, volume 17, page 24
Origin
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