unmakeable

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adjective

Unable to be made (in various senses)

“an unmakeable shot”

OriginEnglish make ← Middle English maken ← Old English macian →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectiveunmakeable (comparative more unmakeable, superlative most unmakeable)

comparative more unmakeable · superlative most unmakeable · alternative unmakable

  1. Unable to be made (in various senses)

    an unmakeable shot

    1 more example

    an unmakeable contract in bridge

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. Proto-Germanic*makaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  10. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  11. Old Englishmacian
  12. Middle Englishmaken
  13. Englishmake
  14. Englishunmakeable

From un- + make + -able.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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