unparsable

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adjective

not parsable; unable to be parsed.

OriginEnglish parsable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunparsable (not comparable)
  1. not comparablenot parsable; unable to be parsed.

    She spoke a dialect that ran like the fabled brook through the heart of E. Out of her mouth flowed an unparsable cascade of phonemes.

    1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 111

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. Englishparsable
  9. Englishunparsable

From un- + parsable.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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