unprimable

comparative more unprimable · superlative most unprimable

1. alternativeAlternative form of unprimeable.

   If a short terminal RNA sequence were to prime the synthesis of a subterminal Okasaki fragment, its subsequent removal would leave an unprimable gap at the 5' end (Fig. 3a).

   1980, N.N. Vorontsov, J.M. van den Brink, Animal Genetics and Evolution, page 154

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   Instead of using his credit to “prime” an unprimable “pump”, instead of feeding out vast buying power by public works, by relief, etc., to the unemployed in the idea of supplementing the too low buying power of those still at work, Uncle Sam must now use his credit vigorously, before it fails, for the sole purpose of subsidizing higher pay per hour for those at work.

   1934, The American Federationist, page 1313

   I believe that some culture complexes will turn out to be “unprimable.” I doubt that there is a simple prime that can make a Northern, suburban Jewish boy behave like a Southern, rural Baptist kid by insulting him.

   2010, Shinobu Kitayama, Dov Cohen, Handbook of Cultural Psychology, page 842