unsendable

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adjective

That cannot be sent.

OriginEnglish sendable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectiveunsendable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat cannot be sent.

    And Deianira, realizing that she has brought about Hercules' death, apparently breaks off her unsendable letter to him in order to express her despair […]

    1973, J W Binns, Ovid

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. Englishsendable
  9. Englishunsendable

From un- + sendable.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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