Meanings
adjectiveunprogrammable (comparative more unprogrammable, superlative most unprogrammable)
comparative more unprogrammable · superlative most unprogrammable
- That cannot be programmed.
What the egghead offers is a set of techniques for programming certain kinds of previously unprogrammable jobs...
1959, American College of Hospital Administrators, Hospital Administration1 more example
Moreover, even if we admit that human thought is unprogrammable, Freud and James would still owe us an explanation...
2006, André Kukla, Joel Walmsley, Mind: A Historical and Philosophical Introduction to the Major Theories
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishprogrammable
- Englishunprogrammable
From un- + programmable.
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unprogrammable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unprogrammable
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