unscannable

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adjective

That cannot be scanned.

OriginEnglish scannable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectiveunscannable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat cannot be scanned.

    There is no prototype for the new bills, but Treasury officials said the final design work on the portrait adjustment, matching watermark security threads and unscannable threads had been authorized by Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen.

    1994 July 14, “Greenbacks to Get High-Tech Makeover”, in The New York Times

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. Englishscannable
  9. Englishunscannable

From un- + scannable.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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