unhookable

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adjective

Capable of being taken down from hooks.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

unhookable1

adjectiveunhookable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCapable of being taken down from hooks.

unhookable2

adjectiveunhookable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableImpossible to hook or catch hold of.

    The water was full of unhookable fish; they would strike savagely but quickly slip from the hook before I could even identify them.

    2008, Paul Schullery, Mountain Time: A Yellowstone Memoir, page 51

Origin

unhookable · adjective

From unhook + -able.

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unhookable · adjective

From un- + hookable.

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Translations

French décrochable
  • décrochableCapable of being unhooked
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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