unlosable

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adjective

That cannot be lost; not losable.

OriginEnglish losable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 11
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Meanings

adjectiveunlosable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat cannot be lost; not losable.

    Whatever the recommendations for legislation they make, as far as the Right is concerned, it's an unloseable issue. What legislator is going to vote against porn laws? It's political suicide.

    1985 August 17, Janice Irvine, quoting Nan Hunter, “Meese's Crew Looks at Porn”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 6, page 3

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. Englishlosable
  9. Englishunlosable

From un- + losable.

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Translations

Finnish häviämätön, katoamaton
  • häviämätönTranslations
  • katoamatonTranslations
German unverlierbar
  • unverlierbarTranslations
Polish zdolny do zgubienia, zdolny do stracenia
  • zdolny do zgubieniaTranslations
  • zdolny do straceniaTranslations
  • zdolny do przegrywaniaTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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