uninsurable

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adjective

Not insurable; unable to be insured.

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Meanings

adjectiveuninsurable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot insurable; unable to be insured.

    “We’re not in a crisis yet, but all of the trends are in a bad direction,” said Dave Jones, who is completing his eighth and final year as California’s insurance commissioner. “We’re slowly marching toward a world that’s uninsurable.”

    2018 November 20, Mary Williams Walsh, “How Wildfires Are Making Some California Homes Uninsurable”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
noununinsurable (plural uninsurables)

plural uninsurables

  1. A person or thing that cannot be insured.

    So-called uninsurables are a rapidly diminishing group, according to the Institute of Life Insurance. Persons who cannot qualify for life insurance are becoming fewer every year, the organization said yesterday.

    1960 July 20, “Few Uninsurable in the Jet Age”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot capable of being insured or not eligible to be insured

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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. Englishinsure
  9. Englishinsurable
  10. Englishuninsurable

From un- + insurable.

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Translations

Czech nepojistitelný
  • nepojistitelnýnot insurable
Dutch onverzekerbaar
  • onverzekerbaarnot insurable
French inassurable
  • inassurablenot insurable
German unversicherbar
  • unversicherbarnot insurable
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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