unpayable

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adjective

That cannot be paid.

OriginEnglish payable ← Middle English payen ← Old French paiier →
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Meanings

adjectiveunpayable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat cannot be paid.
  2. not comparableOf a mine etc.: not able to yield profit; unprofitable.

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-Indo-European*peh₂ḱ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂ḱs
  10. Proto-Italic*pāks
  11. Latinpāx
  12. Latinpācō
  13. Old Frenchpaiier
  14. Middle Englishpayen
  15. Englishpay
  16. Englishpayable
  17. Englishunpayable

From un- + payable.

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Translations

Catalan impagable
  • impagablethat cannot be paid
Esperanto nepagebla
  • nepageblathat cannot be paid
Finnish maksamaton
  • maksamatonthat cannot be paid
French impayable
  • impayablethat cannot be paid
German unbezahlbar
  • unbezahlbarthat cannot be paid
Portuguese impagável
  • impagávelthat cannot be paid
Russian неоплатный
  • неоплатный (neoplatnyj)that cannot be paid
Spanish impagable
  • impagablethat cannot be paid
Swedish obetalbar
  • obetalbarthat cannot be paid
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APA

unpayable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpayable

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“unpayable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpayable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpayable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpayable.

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